Telegram has always been touted as the safest instant messaging service around. The protocols of safety e privacy of the portal are, according to many and according to the company itself, are among the best. Yet it appears that the “competitor” CEO's Signal have to say about it. For those unfamiliar with it, Signal is another instant messaging service, albeit different from Telegram. But let's see what this man has to say.
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But is Telegram really safe like WhatsApp and company? According to the CEO of Signal it would not be so easy. Here's why
Telegram's reputation for offering an extra layer of Cyber security is exaggerated according to Moxie Marlinspike, founder of the Signal messaging platform. He states that messages sent through the service are stored on proprietary servers in their original form or in plain text, without any encryption to protect personal data users.
He went on to say that too Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp offer more privacy than Telegram in this regard. Both of these apps, launched from the now renamed Meta, they offer at least end-to-end encryption for all text messages sent via their platforms.
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Telegram stores all data that has been sent via the app in its cloud in a fully open format: texts, general multimedia data, contacts - all this is accessible to interested parties. Messenger also offers a minimum standard end-to-end encryption protocol for data stored on its servers, according to Marlinspike. However, anyone with access to Telegram services has direct access to the entire database of unprotected user data.
As he writes WinFuture, Telegram is essentially an open window on servers, which stores all history that has ever been on the platform, making everything visible to a private user as visible to server operators on the platform, without requiring additional effort to log in. However, there is no evidence.
You just have to wait for the official comment by Pavel Durov, founder of the service.
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We expected a response from the company and it was not long in coming. The messaging giant, as we say after all in the introduction, citing the official website as a source, has denied the "accusations" that the CEO of Signal launched. More information can be found in the Official site FAQ.
