Given the recent Telegram scandal, we've updated our review of WhatsApp alternatives. 👉 tuta.com/de/blog/best-whatsapp…
What's your take? Should we drop Telegram completely? 🤔
Which is your favorite replacement for WhatsApp?
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Given the recent Telegram scandal, we've updated our review of WhatsApp alternatives. 👉 tuta.com/de/blog/best-whatsapp…
What's your take? Should we drop Telegram completely? 🤔
Which is your favorite replacement for WhatsApp?
tekhne
in reply to Tuta • • •bazil ⏚
in reply to Tuta • • •ulixes
in reply to Tuta • • •no ID's like other apps 👍
Kaya 🇪🇪
in reply to Tuta • • •Foxle
in reply to Tuta • • •nictakiego
in reply to Tuta • • •DreitonLullaby
in reply to Tuta • • •Adam
in reply to Tuta • • •Kevin
in reply to Tuta • • •Pyranota
in reply to Tuta • • •Proletarian Rage
in reply to Tuta • • •todon.nl/@prolrage/11306780901…
Maiye
in reply to Tuta • • •Simon
in reply to Tuta • • •Laberpferd
in reply to Tuta • • •I see a big error to call messengers like Telegram or Signal to be "anonymous" when they require at least an active SIM card to set up an account
Getting an anonymous SIM is impossible in most countries now
KAMØF
in reply to Tuta • • •Angelo Schirinzi
in reply to Tuta • • •aoeuidhtns
in reply to Tuta • • •The most salient property is probably governance model and diversity of funding. Telegram can be leveraged easier because it is privately owned and top-down. It is harder to pressure an elected board esp. if members are in different countries. The technical component has to be solid, but that doesn't mean much if one person controls everything; c.f. the xz backdoor.
I'd suggest replacing the 'anonymous' column with 'requires PII'.
I prefer Matrix, but haven't heard of some of these.
Houbey
in reply to Tuta • • •Also mir gefällt #SimpleX am besten. Danach kommt #Signal. Dann nichts mehr.
Ich bin dafür, dass ihr Telegram entfernt.
Andrew Wedlake
in reply to Tuta • • •notsoloud
in reply to Tuta • • •You're missing a very important column: Is it possible to join the network by running your own SERVER?
Any network that depends on a centrally controlled server has a single point of failure. (Yes, this is a recommendation of Element/Matrix.)
Also, ideally, identities should be possible to migrate like they (sort of) are on Mastodon and friends.
Mbingu
in reply to Tuta • • •signal is not anonymous. The phone number can be associated with your name.
I think part of the evaluation process should be the location of their servers.
Teleguard from swisscows has absolutely no association with your phone number and their servers are in Switzerland.
s3nnet.de
in reply to Tuta • • •tschigi
in reply to Tuta • • •Cwr1981
in reply to Tuta • • •Vibuda Nimsara
in reply to Tuta • • •davourak
in reply to Tuta • • •Dominic Hunt
in reply to Tuta • • •Andrew Wedlake
in reply to Tuta • • •Toni
in reply to Tuta • • •Olle Mille Andreassen
in reply to Tuta • • •You can find this info in section 8 in privacy policy.
Also Telegram is not end to end encrypted for audio and video calls, and for messages you need to enable it manually.
Telegram Privacy Policy
TelegramTuta
in reply to Olle Mille Andreassen • • •Mari
in reply to Tuta • • •Tuta
in reply to Mari • • •koto .ᐟ
in reply to Tuta • • •certainly no telegram, if possible. but it became more than just messenger, unfortunately.
if it should be a channel, i guess matrix kinda works. maybe with Chinny client?
if (open) group chats, matrix as well. also signal, but the problem with signal is that it requires phone number (even if you can hide it).
if private messages, signal and matrix; simpleX seems nice, even though i didn't try it. threema is not free, so not everyone will be able to use it.
signal and matrix have their problems, but they're WAY better than
telegramkremlingram.don't know about wire and session much, can't really say anything about them.
Tuta
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