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Telegram CEO calls out rival Signal, claiming it has ties to US government (www.theregister.com)

submitted 6 months ago by Caravaggio@feddit.nl to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 16 points 6 months ago

Oh, and it’s been potentially backdoored by the FSB (Russia’s CIA) for six years.

From the very start rather.

And there's been a few cases where not FSB, but mundane police was reading suspects' messages before arresting them.

Don't trust Telegram, I use it because, eh, most people use either that or VK DMs in Russia as the default IM. But never trust it for something which should be secret.

You can even have "opposition"-themed channels there or call for rebellions, but don't ever expect anything to be secret or even pseudonymous. Even without ill intent regularly flaws are found which allow to get a lot of information, and the code quality is sewer-level.