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Is Telegram really an encrypted messaging app? (blog.cryptographyengineering.com)
submitted 2 months ago by db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] noxy@yiffit.net 37 points 2 months ago (2 children)

When you can't use secret chat at ALL on desktop, fuck no it isn't.

Assuming end-to-end encryption is what's meant in the question.

[–] mrvictory1@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's a step backwards from Whatsapp lol

[–] noxy@yiffit.net 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's still shit tho. Signal is better.

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

As is Sessions

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can with Pidgin and purple-tdlib plugin for Telegram.

But then I'd ask the other person to use the same thing, and we'd both use OTR for encryption, not TG's bogus E2EE.

[–] noxy@yiffit.net 1 points 2 months ago

wow I haven't used Pidgin in like a decade