The messaging app handed over user data on thousands of Telegram users to U.S. authorities over 2024, the data reveals.

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  • bruhduh@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I don’t get it, everyone complained that telegram didn’t shared data with law enforcement, now everyone complains that telegram started sharing it

    • heavydust@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      11 months ago

      everyone complained that telegram didn’t shared data

      Who complained? All I remember is that their crypto and security sucks and we should stop using it.

    • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Better, but still not great, because a lot of metadata gets collected even if the conversations themselves do not. Might I suggest SimpleX instead?

        • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
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          11 months ago

          SimpleX gets a lot of things right. In particular:

          • no public identifiers
          • ability to chat anonymously
          • not dependent on centralized servers
          • multiple user profiles

          My main concern for them is that they are backed by several investors (some VCs) with no concrete public plan as to how to pay them back.