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FBI Document Shows How Popular Secure Messaging Apps Stack Up (www.pcmag.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by projectmirai39@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Surprisingly Telegram awfully good on that list

Edit: I forgot to add that I found something little of about that report where Signal hash to phone numbers are absent " Which clearly signal store it"! And on Threema FBI still includ it even though it's optional and 99℅ of the user will not put their number.

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[–] brombek@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

If your backups are accessible to others then you have no privacy no matter what tools you use, it is the ultimate back door. Same as running "scanners" client side.