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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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[–] qpsLCV5@lemmy.ml 81 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In my view, by far the biggest reason to switch is that Telegram doesn't end-to-end encrypt chats by default.

Yes you can start encrypted chats specifically, but i'll bet 99% of chats on telegram aren't encrypted - meaning whoever has access to the telegram servers can read all the messages.

Signal claims to end-to-end encrypt all chats by default, and if you want to be 100% sure you can in theory read the source code and compile the app yourself. this means signal cannot read any of your messages, even if police asks them to or servers get seized. That's a massive advantage in privacy.

[–] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Additionally, E2E chats don't sync between devices (and iirc you can't use them on desktop at all), and group chats can't be encrypted at all.

[–] ParetoOptimalDev@lemmy.today 18 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Signal very recently made syncing between devices possible:

https://signal.org/blog/a-synchronized-start-for-linked-devices/

[–] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I was talking about Telegram. Syncing messages between devices has always been possible on Signal, just not the ones from before you connected the extra device.

[–] Lawn_and_disorder@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago

There is also desktop clients for both.

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Note that this is sent at time of syncing rather than being in an archive on the company’s server 24/7

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 day ago

So they have Carbons? Took them long enough.

[–] jumperalex@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

Breaking news hahaha