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submitted 2 years ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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[–] gerikson@awful.systems 9 points 2 years ago (8 children)

I'm pretty sure that if everything would have been EE2E on Telegram it would never have reached the size and popularity that it has.

Plenty of people are showering unearned privacy brownie points on Telegram already. There's a bizarre Telegram/Signal beef online since forever.

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

i have no idea why people say that telegram is private and secure and whatever, it's just whatsapp/twitter hybrid for former soviet union people

[–] ebu@awful.systems 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

and furries, for some reason

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 4 points 2 years ago

And Finnish university students.

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