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Here's what telegram's founder say about Whatsapp's privacy (graph.org)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by clot27@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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This is an article written by telegram's founder and CEO Pavel Durov in 2019 on "Why whatsapp will never be secure". Your thoughts?

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[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't agree with everything but that last point of yours. Requiring your phone number only means your are not anonymous. There is no need to be anonymous to communicate privately. In fact, it can be counterproductive, since your are much more vulnerable to social engineering.

[–] Gooey0210@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

And also not secure if somebody sim swapped you, and then your privacy goes into the hands of the FSB agent who sim swapped you