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WhatsApp is one step closer to adding email address verification (www.androidpolice.com)
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[–] nixcamic@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I know Signal is technically better but Telegram provides a much better user experience than Signal or WhatsApp and is also less problematic than WhatsApp.

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Considering Telegram has partnered with Tencent, I wouldn't say it's less problematic.

[–] nixcamic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

My understanding is that Telegram is partnered with a non profit crypto group, and that group is partnered with like 20 different companies that validate transactions, one of which is Tencent.

Granted I only read a couple articles on it in the last five minutes cause this was the first I heard of it, there could be more to the story I missed.

[–] nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br 10 points 2 years ago

The problem with telegram is that it's not even e2e encrypted by default.

But the ui is really nice. I wonder why no other project simply forked telegram's client and focused on the encryption and server side code

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Yep.

Telegram is a decent middle ground. UI/UX matters, I'm not sure how the folks at Signal are completely missing that point.

The Signal UI is OK, as a competitor to SMS. But it's terrible compared to Telegram. This matters to non-technical people, it's how you get them to use it. Plus the seamless connection between devices - that's crucial. I can chat using whatever device is in front of me.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You need to explicate the hell out of this cuz I vehemently disagree and point out, in terms of user experience its dogshit for me (but also implicitly that Telegram is conveniently insecure by default and even if you "encrypt", ifs a non-documented public slop version of messaging encryption [novel + security by obscurity]

Consequently, I would never be comfortable trusting it

[–] nixcamic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

What do you want expectorated, why IMO Telegram is less problematic than WhatsApp or why the UI is way better than Telegram or Signal? Cause they're very different things.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Expectoration is more about coughing up phlegm so not sure how toaddress that quite yet ;) Tell me more :)

[–] nixcamic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I was just kinda poking fun at your choice of word haha explicate is exactly the right word but it's not really a common word to use.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

To be fair, I'm a bit of a—lets say rare bird, 🤠