“When you use Signal, your data is stored in encrypted form on your devices. The only information that is stored on the Signal servers for each account is the phone number you registered with, the date and time you joined the service, and the date you last logged on.”

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  • Rimorso@feddit.it
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    My main messaging app is telegram, what would be the advantage in moving to signal? ( Pretending I manage to convince at least my main contacts )

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      There’s the rub. Unless privacy is your highest priority there isn’t any advantage. I wish I could convince my main contacts to move but convenience is a higher priority for them.

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        Makes sense, and yes for me it has to be a balance between convenience and privacy.

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      Telegram chats aren’t e2ee by default. You’re essentially putting your chats on a server owned by a rich Russian person as a hobby.

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      For one on one chats and group chats, Signal and Telegram have about the same experience. Telegram’s main feature, imo, is the public channels.

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      Mostly privacy. Signal is completely encrypted end-to-end. Telegram is only encrypted when choosing private chat with one person. Group chats are not encrypted in telegram, they are in signal.

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        You can make encrypted group chats in telegram it’s only broadcast channels that are not encrypted which signal does not have in the first place.

        So basically the difference is, on signal it’s only encrypted while on telegram you can choose.