Telegram is NOT an "encrypted messenger." It supports end-to-end encryption ONLY if it is turned on (not by default) and ONLY for single-user chats, never for groups the way Signal, WhatsApp and iMessage do by default. I can't believe that this myth persists.https://twitter.com/wiczipedia/status/1349341628855693315 …
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So this has come to my attention. This chart appears like bullshit to me, i.e. incorrect plus omitting the obvious fact that Telegram can read the content of your messages while WhatsApp can't. Can a real security journalist do a piece on this please?https://twitter.com/stacyherbert/status/1349352588211351552 …
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So the chart is *self-reported* privacy policy to the iOS app-store & Apple explicitly says "This information has not been verified by Apple." Also does not apply to Android. Folks, you want privacy from Facebook, sure! I've been on that beat forever. But let's get facts, not PR.
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On the other hand zero sympathy from me for Facebook on privacy, to be honest. They deserve the reputational damage. But let's correct the record on Telegram. For security purposes, in my opinion, it is inferior by any measure except privacy from Facebook.https://twitter.com/QulshTM/status/1349363139486355462 …
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Anyway, back to your regularly-scheduled coup and pandemic for a moment, and a call to informed and competent security journalists to please write an updated explainer on all this. People are confused, and need reliable and trustworthy information.
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That was my poor attempt at a joke in reference to some inconsistencies in Telegram policies.
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Sorry to interrupt. As far as I understand: groups can be private (encrypted but non-e2e) or public (there's a setting in each group). What they did regarding extremism was for *public* groups and channels. For non e2e chats, Durov recently addressed ithttps://t.me/durov/145
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Also he is an opinionated super rich (yet ascetic) libertarian with no system of containment within his small company. He is known to have based his previous company content policies on his own personal views.
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I had my fights with him years ago. He isn't trust worthy. That's all there is to it. Use Signal.
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Whether group chats are encrypted is mostly irrelevant to fighting organized movements since building a movement inherently requires recruitment, i.e. giving the key to untrusted new participants.
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