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Whatsapp's new privacy policy has triggered a debate among masses about its alternatives from Privacy/Security standpoint. Clearly, @telegram & @signalapp are popular candidates leading to Q's on which one being more secure. Lets discuss key security differences in this thread
Secure by default: Both, Signal and Telegram support End to end encryption (E2E), however, the Signal has E2E is enabled by default, where-as in the case of Telegram a secret chat has to be initiated to enable E2E on the conversation to conversation basis
Data Storage: Telegram chats are stored on cloud unless secret chat is enabled. This means the encryption keys are stored on the server and technically telegram can decrypt conversations. Signal stores messages in a local SQLite database.
Many conversations happening on #WhatsApp (WA) groups about new #WhatsAppPrivacyPolicy .
This thread has arguments to help ditch WA & move to @signalapp:
signal.org/install/
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This thread has arguments to help ditch WA & move to @signalapp:
signal.org/install/
Share, use, copy-paste, modify with understanding as you deem fit on any platform in whole or part
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Note: No affiliations, conflict of interest
Info presented with NO bias, prejudice, malice or indemnity.
Open to corrections: individual tweets may be deleted, tweets added to thread or corrected as replies.
Points that are unclear or uncertain are marked with "(?)".
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Info presented with NO bias, prejudice, malice or indemnity.
Open to corrections: individual tweets may be deleted, tweets added to thread or corrected as replies.
Points that are unclear or uncertain are marked with "(?)".
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CONTENT OF WA MESSAGES SHALL REMAIN ENCRYPTED END TO END.
BUT, there's data: contacts, group affiliations, co-affiliations, locations (live?), frequency of contacts, *tags* generated when we send or forward a message or file to contacts or groups, links, clicks on links, etc.
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BUT, there's data: contacts, group affiliations, co-affiliations, locations (live?), frequency of contacts, *tags* generated when we send or forward a message or file to contacts or groups, links, clicks on links, etc.
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