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.

  • kitnaht@lemmy.world
    64·
    2 months ago

    How about: Signal is better? Though, they recently were caught with some unencrypted shit on the desktop client.

    • ReakDuck@lemmy.ml
      5·
      2 months ago

      Caught? It was like kinda obvious. You could always locate your Signal folder where everything is downloaded and just see all pictures…

      I ignored this flaw as I kept my PC Luks encrypted, but a friend on Windows might not, where everyone with physical access could read everything.

      So, yeah. I also dislike the idea that its not encrypted in some sort of way.

      • Zak@lemmy.world
        6·
        2 months ago

        Lemmy thread and link.

        Basically, anyone who can read your home directory could decrypt your Signal database. That’s about typical of traditional desktop applications, but questionable for security-oriented software. Mac OS and (sometimes) Linux have more robust credential management options, and Signal signaled (yes, pun intended) its intent to adopt them.

        • ChaoticCookie@sh.itjust.works
          8·
          2 months ago

          I feel that if someone can read your home directory, signal isn’t your worst worry. However, it’s still an issue and I’m glad they’re going to move to better security.