⚠️ [Important] Ukrainians should AVOID USING Telegram. There is big evidence that Telegram is linked to the FSB ⚠️

The technical infrastructure that underpins Telegram is controlled by a man whose companies have collaborated with Russian intelligence services.

Ukrainians are some of the bravest people I know.

To the extent that you can, do not use Telegram. Telegram is owned by a single person. This man is a fucking liar.

https://istories.media/...

Telegram infrastructure is linked to the FSB.

https://www.occrp.org/...

Signal is more secure and owned by a nonprofit. The founder of Signal is a professional cryptographer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moxie_Marlinspike

Signal delivers end-to-end encryption by default and collects almost no data.

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TimeNaan 81 points 9 months ago

Telegram was always super shady. Why do people use it instead of f.e. Signal?

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woelkchen -7 points 9 months ago

Wake me up when Signal can actually share the location, esp. live location, and not just a static maps screenshot with a Google Maps URL.

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Warl0k3 8 points 9 months ago

That... seems like a bad thing. Why do you want that as a feature?

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groet 0 points 9 months ago

Have you seriously never though about how cool it would be to see where your friends are, live on a map?

Its a realy useful feature when you want to meet up with someone and (at least) on person doesn't know the area, or just organizing multiple people.

Having that posibility available is a good thing. But signal decided that having that capability in an app means it could be misused so they actively decided against implementing it.

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woelkchen 0 points 9 months ago

People without real life friends cannot relate real world needs.

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Warl0k3 1 point 9 months ago

... Yeesh, can your fancy app find some grass for you to touch?

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