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Telegram Sparks Outrage Over FAQ Changes Even as Key Language on Private Chats Remains. (decrypt.co)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Telegram is no longer safe for piracy.

I bet they will start kicking out piracy channels in few weeks.

I am going to delete my account now as it will become useless soon anyway.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Signal is probably the best option because it's as easy to setup as Telegram and others.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Signal is unfortunately as vulnerable to this as Telegram is, as it is a fully centralized service so once the CEO is grabbed is Game Over. Something like jabber / XMPP would be better.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Signal is E2EE encrypted (similar to Telegram's secret chats but probably better) so it's less vulnerable. If people know about it they can ask Signal to ban you, but they can't just passively spy on everything.

That said, XMPP is better still IMO.

(Edit: centralization isn't as big a problem as you might think with Signal. The wealthy own the whole world now. You can't set up somewhere outside their jurisdiction, you can only stay ahead of them as they force people to stop hosting you. Sending a takedown to Signal is the same as sending it to your hosting provider, do not fool yourself. )

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

You can host (tens? of) thousands of XMPP sessions on a RPi at the back of your router or in a field hooked to a PV panel and sim card, and none of "the wealthy" knowing or caring about it, though. The difference with signal is that everyone can do that, and everyone doing it expands the network and makes it more resilient for the benefits of all.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@nintendiator @someonesmall Matrix

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

My understanding is that Matrix is worse than XMPP in basically every way.