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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by FarLine99@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

How do notifications work in the official Telegram Android app (Play Store vs Site version maybe)? Does it have the same mechanism as Signal, which only recognizes the presence of notifications via Google services, but sends them via its web socket service?

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[-] LWD@lemm.ee 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[-] FarLine99@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

I know and use Signal to communicate with family/friend. but everyone at work uses telegram, I can't give them all an ultimatum to switch to Signal

[-] Gooey0210@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

If you're ready to put on tinfoil, signal is not the way to go too

Phone number requirement is a big no-no in privacy community, plus signal wants to centralize more and more, when they could actually make it possible to selfhost signal

[-] FarLine99@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I don't agree with you. so far Signal is the most mature and feature-rich messenger of the rest. yes, it provides privacy, not anonymity. but all new people are used to the algorithm of adding people, unlike SimpleX, Matrix, etc.

[-] LWD@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[-] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

Phone numbers harm anonymity, not privacy.

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