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2 months

Telegram is lying to you about privacy

donald.cat English
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    Telegram is known as a privacy-focused secure messaging app because it markets itself that way. However, it is often criticized by security experts, privacy advocates, and people with common sense who can understand why its claims about being privacy-friendly don't make sense. In this brief article, I'll show you all
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    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2 months

      More people need to understand this, Telegram was never trustworthy to begin with.

        • Natanael@slrpnk.netEnglish
          2 months

          They spent years lying about their encryption algorithms too acting like they’re more secure than Signal when they never were

          • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2 months

            In the same class as any app store based communication software.

              • Natanael@slrpnk.netEnglish
                2 months

                Signal can be installed from an apk from their site

                https://signal.org/android/apk/

                  • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    2 months

                    And can you review the source for this APK?

                      • Natanael@slrpnk.netEnglish
                        2 months

                        Yes, you can even confirm the published source reproduce this specific apk

                        https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/blob/main/reproducible-builds/README.md

                          • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
                            2 months

                            Wow. Not what I expected in the Android world.

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