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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Signal vs Telegram (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by swissreport@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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What is better for privacy? Signal or Telegram? I know XMPP is better then both of them.

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[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

ok, i see i was mistaken about telegram requiring you to reveal your phone number to everyone you talk to, but, you still need one to sign up which makes it unsuitable for anyone who cares about privacy (and potentially harmful to those who don't, even if they don't realize it).