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Is Telegram really an encrypted messaging app? (blog.cryptographyengineering.com)
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[โ€“] tapo@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The author makes the point that Telegram advertises itself as secure, but isn't except a hidden out of the way option that almost nobody will use.

The truth of the matter is Telegram has the full plaintext content of almost every message posted on that site.

[โ€“] Petter1@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Yummy data for telegram AI

It sells you drugs and warns you from masks and vaccines