Some people say it’s really privacy-giving and that you should use it as a privacy alternative. Others say it’s alao on the big tech side. What’s going on with telegram, really?

  • Meow-Misfit@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 days ago

    Woah, thanks.

    What should I use, then? Because, from what I seen, Signal is US hosted, and this isn’t very good to privacy.

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      2 days ago

      Signal is well designed enough that Jurisdiction doesn’t matter much. The only things you’ll find that can br arguably better than signal are fully decentralized apps that go over TOR like Briar or Simplex but these have a lot less usage because they’re so slow and terrible for your battery.

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          8 minutes ago

          If you don’t understand the cryptography enough that you have to ask about telegram, just use Signal. It’s the best designed app for the security of most people, it doesn’t have any privacy/security footgun, and has a pretty good threat model while not cutting corners on usability.