• chimera@lemm.ee
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      8 days ago

      Telegram is more a social media than a messenger app, group chats and channels can’t be encrypted but 1 to 1 chats can be

      I’ve been in channels and group chats about Ukraine since 2014 (unencrypted as I said) and nothing serious ever happened,

      no censorship, no ban (from Telegram I mean), russian trolls raids from time to time but easily contained

      I wouldn’t use Telegram for day to day communication but to stay informed about what matters to you without big risks of censorship it’s great

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        8 days ago

        Do you at least use a VPN? Doesn’t the app collect a ton of identifying info as well as your phone number which can be linked to you?

        Even if you can encrypt, they likely have a backdoor at Russian insistance.

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      Telegram is not safe for private communication as it’s not encrypted. But as a social media, it’s not actually that bad. They don’t sensor as much as other platforms and there is no algorithm that tailors content to you.