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So…there is a concerted campaign, with Musk as its mouthpiece, to discredit Signal and get people to switch to Telegram. It’s disinformation, but there’s also useful information in it. The useful information is that a hideous, powerful, right-wing crank — or whoever’s yanking his chain — really, really wants people to use Telegram.
We’ve long known Telegram’s security is weak. But now, in light of this new information, we should move forward assuming that Telegram is actively compromised.
Lest it get lost in that longer post:
Assume Telegram is compromised. Not just vulnerable. Compromised.
@inthehands I'd assume the same of Signal, to be honest. You're not safe and secure against a nation-state actor, especially not running software from that country communicating through servers run in that country.
The question is if you're worth them exposing that operation (you're probably not).
@pettter
But it still makes a huge difference that Signal isn't storing messages on their servers, doesn't it?
@inthehands
@johentsch All efforts help, certainly. @inthehands