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What are the reasons to use Signal over Telegram (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Greetings!

A friend of mine wants to be more secure and private in light of recent events in the USA.

They originally told me they were going to use telegram, in which I explained how Telegram is considered compromised, and Signal is far more secure to use.

But they want more detailed explanations then what I provided verbally. Please help me explain things better to them! ✨

I am going to forward this thread to them, so they can see all your responses! And if you can, please cite!

Thank you! ✨

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Signal needs a phone number.

I don't want to give them one. Also I don't have one.

Oh my, that seems to eliminate Signal as an option.

Next?

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[–] Aria@lemmygrad.ml -3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Signal is USA government approved. Definitely don't trust it. Use Matrix.

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

it's open source

[–] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Sure. You can trust your own fork. Just don't use the official repos or their servers. The client isn't where the danger is.

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[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world -3 points 2 months ago

You don’t have to learn Morse code.

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