Scolding7300

2y ago

Aside from the lack of E2EE, why is Telegram not trustworthy?

I was afraid of that outcome and went for the auto-delete option, some groups have just a few days in terms of retention.

I'm sorry you had to go through this though.

2y ago

Aside from the lack of E2EE, why is Telegram not trustworthy?

Jump

Would you rather lose a contact if they insist on a communication channel that's leaking metadata but the content is e2ee (WhatsApp for example)? (Or perhaps in your view keeping the content secure is more important than anything?)

Asking out of curiosity, I'm aware that every person has their own threat model

2y ago

Aside from the lack of E2EE, why is Telegram not trustworthy?

Jump

Thanks everyone on sharing your thoughts ln this! This has been really helpful!

I see some saying their policy says one thing about cooperation with law enforcement but they seem to have been doing just the opposite, reducing the trust overall in the rest of their promises (e.g. their data collection).

Some compared to the closer to ideal apps such as Signal or Matrix in terms of privacy.

I'm curious to also hear what do you do to compromise to keep your social connections? The practical side of navigating the current state of the Internet and people's social life.