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[–] randompepsi@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

There’s definitely the stigma that Telegram is only used by criminals

[–] ekky43@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Wait what? I thought Telegram pretty much was Discord but for people who prefer phones over computers.

Wasn't there also a controversy where some people believed that telegram was private and secure, but that only was for a very limited subset of their features?

Disclaimer: I've only ever installed telegram once for one single person, but promptly removed it afterward for sending out messages to some of my contacts on its own, so I have no clue how it actually works. Feel free to correct or educate me.

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Automatically sending messages to your contacts?? Someone might have access to your account

[–] ekky43@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It was a message along the lines of "Your friend Ekky has started using Telegram, say hello to them".

Not sure if it was a notification or a message, but that was very uncanny and definitely felt scammy and abusive. It's not the first time I've seen an app behave this way, though usually the app asks first.

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago

Oh yeah it notifies people who already have your number

[–] FIST_FILLET@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Wasn't there also a controversy where some people believed that telegram was private and secure, but that only was for a very limited subset of their features?

i think you’re thinking of how you have to go out of your way to start a “secret chat” for it to have the touted encryption. those “secret chats” are way less feature-rich than the standard ones though, which sucks ass

[–] bartleby1@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I thought Telegram pretty much was Discord but for people who prefer phones over computers.

Not a bad way to look at it, although I think one-on-one messaging is much more common on Telegram compared to discord, which has its “communities” thing as its main use case.