@anthk I long for the days of multi-protocol clients

@mkljczk I'd argue there is no reason to use Telegram at all. And plenty, in fact, to not use it.

@rysiek > Or ideally, ditch Telegram already. It has never been safe to use.

If you are a furry most of the communication and event planning unfortunately happens through Telegram, so if you refuse to use it (like I do), then you get excluded from a lot of stuff (and honestly forgotten by people) in the community.

It's a prime example of the network effect in action, where you cannot switch, since everyone you know is on that platform.

That's not an excuse to not try to get away from Telegram (and you should in my opinion), but ditching it in that case is easier said than done for most people.

Durov, of course, denied any issue exists:
https://nitter.catsarch.com/durov/status/2121274027285307903

This fits a pattern with Telegram: when serious issues are raised, Durov denies them and attacks the researchers, while the issues are quietly fixed.

This was the story, for example, with MTproto (the old version of Telegram's protocol). Researchers were attacked by Durov, and then quietly MTproto v2 got rolled out.

Telegram is not trustworthy.

#Telegram #InfoSec