Is Telegram really that bad and should i look more into it or is sticking to signal really the best option?

  • constantokra@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Pulling your contacts lets it get a pretty good fingerprint of who you are, from who you talk to. It can already get that from who you actually message, but it’s getting a lot more information about you from pulling the whole list and not just who you talk to through telegram.

    • fuckyou_m8@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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      1 year ago

      I understand, but if you are new to this conversation app, right after installing it would be good to know which of your contacts your are able to talk to there. I don’t see asking one by one and adding them manually a good solution, maybe there is another one I don’t see

      • Pablo@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Well, I’d say they can do that as long as it stays on my device like with Signal.

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          1 year ago

          Signal still have access to your contact list at first, they simply not store it anywhere. Which is good for me

        • Awry@lemmy.one
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          1 year ago

          You were calling someone cringe for asking why Telegram isn’t secure. Now here you are thinking your Signal messages aren’t sitting in an NSA server somewhere in front of all these people. You’re delusional, mate. You’re like a step above a script kiddy in regards to technical understanding. You’re so close to understanding the reality that you have no data privacy, but you’re still so far…

        • constantokra@lemmy.one
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          1 year ago

          How does it stay on your device? I’m notified if a contact of mine uses signal. That means if someone has my.number in their phone signal will let them know I use signal. I don’t really want someone to be able to confirm that I use a service.

          • Pablo@lemmy.world
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            1 year ago

            It just does. Your phone can check by itself if someone is on signal or not - no upload of contacts needed.