Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Arrested in France - eviltoast
  • Noxious@fedia.io
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    4 months ago

    The Signal protocol is the de-facto standard for E2EE, and it works just fine even in large group chats. But you refuse to accept this reality. The Signal protocol is used by so many apps, obviously Signal itself, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Instagram direct messages, Google Allo (back when it existed), Google Messages (RCS), Skype, Wire and many others. MTProto is developed by Telegram, only used by telegram, not properly audited and full of flaws. No one should actually use it. And the fact that it doesn’t support group chats is a design choice, because ultimately Telegram doesn’t give a fuck about their users privacy or security. They have repeatedly worked with governments and worked against the interests of their users. Their funding is also pretty unclear and shady, and the entire company just appears scummy. Give me one single reason why anyone should use this trash over a proper E2EE messenger like Signal, Threema, SimpleX or Wire.

    • rdri@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      You switched the topic of the discussion. My original comment stands, as it corrects some part of your first comment.

      I didn’t suggest anyone to use telegram.

      They have repeatedly worked with governments and worked against the interests of their users.

      Even though those allegations are arguable, I know what you mean. And those cases don’t involve compromising the actual encryption from what I understand.