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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ugjka to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

But Telegram isn't private/secure by default. By default everything is stored on their servers in an way that's accessible to admins, whoever buys them or infiltrates their infra - YIKES

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

WhatsApp is owned by Facebook. Are you really arguing privacy here?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Privacy isn't the reason I use Telegram, so it's moot.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

And that's a valid point. Many people use Facebook for the features it provides knowing that they're giving away their data to a third party. As long as the consumer is aware of what they're doing and the pros/cons is all that matters.

[–] ThisIsJohnny 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well the same can be said about email providers ...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Yes, but nobody expects modern encryption on legacy services like email. Should email be end-to-end encrypted? Absolutely, but that's completely unrelated to private 1-1 and group messaging.