There's a reason that a 2017 study called Telegram the [security blanket of the chat world](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319622415_The_Secur...).
There's a reason that a 2017 study called Telegram the [security blanket of the chat world](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319622415_The_Secur...).
If signal wants to be seen as better; third party clients are a huge step.. Failing that: provably P2P messaging.
As it stands it's only really "better" on paper, you still have to trust the network provider.
That’s a really weird way to say: aggressively discouraged.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26469007
https://techjaja.com/whatsapp-shuts-down-users-of-3rd-party-...
Signal had a bug where it sent private photos to random contacts, so it seems like that can't possibly be called safe either, if they're making junior level UI state mistakes like that (it's also not E2E encryption if the app switches one of the ends without your consent).