Is Telegram really that bad and should i look more into it or is sticking to signal really the best option?
Sticking to Signal is really the best option
Should it really be Telegram?
Submitted 1 year ago by Provider@feddit.de to privacyguides@lemmy.one
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pabloscloud@lemmy.world 1 year ago
constantokra@lemmy.one 1 year ago
If you can.actually get people to switch, you should look into simplex chat. It has a lot of really good features, you can run a CLI application on any servers you might have to send you notifications really easily, and it’s being rather actively developed. A quick look at their website will show you how dedicated to privacy they are.
PublicLewdness@burggit.moe 1 year ago
Telegram is closed source on the server side. I don’t trust it. Lots of better options:
dngray@lemmy.one 1 year ago
We have a website too www.privacyguides.org/en/real-time-communication
people_are_cute@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
Well, movie pirates use it so it must be safe! /s
Telegram has a lot of pros, but it can be safe only as long as you and every person in your circle sets it as such. Chats are not encrypted by default, you have to set it in group settings. Your phone number isn’t hidden by default, you have to manually set its visibility to “Nobody”. It even asks to let it pull your contacts, Facebook-style. There might be several such gimmicks, but generally they are easy to notice and control.
The biggest advantage(?) Telegram has is that everything is saved server-side instead of your phone. So you don’t need to keep having to back up your chats and be scared of losing everything if you lost your phone.