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What's with Telegram? Heard mixed opinions on it. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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?

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[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It probably has worse privacy than e-mail or IRC, because it has the same level of encryption (transport encryption only, i.e. Telegram LLC can read your messages), but it also requires a phone number to use, linking your account to your real identity. In short, do not use it for communications if you desire them to be private.