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mr_mitm on Nov 11, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Zoom lied to users about end-to-end encryption for...

Telegram's crypto is shoddy [1]. It may not be a complete train wreck, but if you value good crypto and privacy, Signal is probably your only option. It also offers E2EE group chats, unlike Telegram.

[1] https://security.stackexchange.com/a/49802/29703 (a bit dated but AFAIK nothing changed)

upofadown on Nov 12, 2020 | [–]

>a bit dated...

A lot dated. The current thing is described here:

* https://core.telegram.org/mtproto

BlueTemplar on Nov 11, 2020 | [–]

I guess that still need to trust Signal's centralized servers, located in the USA, to not give away your metadata ?

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