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I would be very happy if people migrated to another platform. Second best here is Telegram, but it's impossible to get everyone there. It's heavily used for government communication, scams, and affairs/prostitution.

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Friends don’t let friends use Telegram

https://soatok.blog/2024/05/14/its-time-for-furries-to-stop-...

PS. Perhaps I was a little to brusque in my comment. I could have phrased it like this: When using Telegram, be aware that it’s severe shortcomings when it comes to security.

Thanks, wasn't aware of this. Back when we were evaluating messaging tools, it was the only one that had E2E.

Telegram does not support group message encryption, and encryption is off by default for direct messages.

At no point has Telegram been a leader in End to End encryption. If you like the thought of the United Arab Emirates having access to all your unencrypted messages though, it's a great option!

https://www.reddit.com/r/PrivacyGuides/comments/wi3ln6/compl...

Some who know far more about security than I suspect that Telegram is a honeypot.

I am inclined to agree.

For Americans, yes. The same way whatsapp is a honeypot for everyone else.

There's speculation that WA is used for worse: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40062562

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