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What are the reasons to use Signal over Telegram (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Greetings!

A friend of mine wants to be more secure and private in light of recent events in the USA.

They originally told me they were going to use telegram, in which I explained how Telegram is considered compromised, and Signal is far more secure to use.

But they want more detailed explanations then what I provided verbally. Please help me explain things better to them! ✨

I am going to forward this thread to them, so they can see all your responses! And if you can, please cite!

Thank you! ✨

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[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yep, and this allows for proper content moderation. Telegram can actually just find and report creeps to authorities

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

That too. Sadly the restrictiveness was badly abused. Noone really wonders but...that's why we can't have nice things.

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Well then use the secret chat if you want your chat to be secret from any prying eyes

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I meant the restrictiveness towards governments. The pesos and Nazis fucked that up, tgram had to do something or have their ill repute grow even more.

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 1 points 14 hours ago

Telegram seems to be a popular option for groups of such orgs. Other apps have the same risks tho. It's a bit if a mess