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Arguments why Telegram is not a good idea for anyone (self.privacy)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by andylicious1337 to c/[email protected]

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Hi :) I know that Telegram is not save and not a good messenger if you are a privacy-geek. Sadly some parts of my family still think so. I brougth up the arguments, that they are cooperating with Russia, that they or closed-source on the server-side and that e2ee is not on by default and only available for 1-on-1 chats.

My question now is, if you gals and guys might have some other arguments or sources I could use.

I don't want to convince anyone to switch away from Telegram (because I am no missionary :D) I just want people to understand the risks of using Telegram.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Sauce? I tried searching and couldn’t find anything (at least not on the first page of results). Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago

i think they mean that signal on desktop does not encrypt their content at rest, which is acknowledged and not an issue they are intending on addressing.

But it seems to have recently changed? I'm learning thus as I wanted to find a source.

Source: https://candid.technology/signal-encryption-key-flaw-desktop-app-fixed/

[–] Zak 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Lemmy thread and link.

Basically, anyone who can read your home directory could decrypt your Signal database. That's about typical of traditional desktop applications, but questionable for security-oriented software. Mac OS and (sometimes) Linux have more robust credential management options, and Signal signaled (yes, pun intended) its intent to adopt them.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I feel that if someone can read your home directory, signal isn’t your worst worry. However, it’s still an issue and I’m glad they’re going to move to better security.

[–] Zak 3 points 3 months ago

I'm inclined to agree, and said so in the linked thread.