• Otter@lemmy.ca
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    22 days ago

    Would you have more info on the differences? I was wondering the same thing, but I don’t know enough about Telegram to compare

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      22 days ago

      Signal always responds to authorities when they ask for data, and they give them all they have: the day they registered, their phone number and the timestamp they last used the app.

      Telegram has unencrypted channels of drug dealing, and what I heard is a lot of illegal porn too. The authorities want information on certain users there and Telegram doesn’t comply. This is directly against the law Signal is not breaking, because they always send all the data they have to the law enforcement.

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        22 days ago

        while not wrong context matters, US social media companies also enable human, weapons, and drug trafficking. they play a role in a few genocides too.

        but the western regime does not care.

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          22 days ago

          But they give their data when the officials ask. That is all that matters. And I seriously hope none of us uses Telegram or WhatsApp to any discussions. Use Signal because that is so far pretty unbreakable.

          Telegram is already in the hands of that tiny Russian old man and WhatsApp is owned by a lizard.