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

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Signal supports username based chatting.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Behind those usernames, are phone numbers (meaning real identities) stored in signal's database.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

As far as I know telegram requires a phone number too.

And the conversation was about "talking to strangers without giving them your number", not without giving signal nor telegram your number.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

There are far better privacy alternatives to both: matrix, xmpp, simplex all work well and don't require phone numbers or US-based hosting.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago

Where do you want to place the goal post?

We talked about comparing 2 applications. Commenter wasn't up-to-date and implied a falsehood, I corrected it as it is important for the discussion. Then you talk about something completely else and in context, implied a falsehood, I corrected that as it is important for the discussion. And now you are talking about something completely else again.

Please express your opinion. You can do it in this thread, even if it is off-topic, I don't care, but please stop acting like you are responding to me.