Privacy@lemmy.ml • 2 years ago

Disconnect between critiques of Telegram and its practical use

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Disconnect between critiques of Telegram and its practical use

Privacy@lemmy.ml • 2 years ago

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There's a disconnect between critiques of Telegram and its practical use that have made me uneasy about joining technical pile-ons around how it's not really encrypted messaging. Let me use the example of Telegram use in the Hong Kong protests

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I did not see them here yet (although I am only really visiting this instance), but maybe I am not seeing that well. :P

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