Hi :) I know that Telegram is not save and not a good messenger if you are a privacy-geek. Sadly some parts of my family still think so. I brougth up the arguments, that they are cooperating with Russia, that they or closed-source on the server-side and that e2ee is not on by default and only available for 1-on-1 chats.

My question now is, if you gals and guys might have some other arguments or sources I could use.

I don’t want to convince anyone to switch away from Telegram (because I am no missionary :D) I just want people to understand the risks of using Telegram.

  • coaxil@lemm.ee
    61·
    2 months ago

    People always going on about signal, but it still requires phone number, but never hear talk of threema, threema is reasonably solid choice for privacy.

    • andylicious1337@lemmy.worldOP
      4·
      2 months ago

      hm I dont really agree on this. it is a swiss service (i think) but it is all closed source so that is a red-flag for me (if talking about privacy or transparency).

      • coaxil@lemm.ee
        2·
        2 months ago

        Yeah good point, the closed source def is not ideal. Hmm back to signal as best option??

        • andylicious1337@lemmy.worldOP
          2·
          2 months ago

          well I’d say signal is one of the best options as there are many others. Regarding the phonenumber: as far as I know, it is stored hashed so signal does not really know your phonenumber. so this would not concern me.

    • pipariturbiini@sopuli.xyz
      1·
      2 months ago

      I’m always advocating for Signal, but I’m worried for the time their billionaire-backing eventually runs out.