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Arguments why Telegram is not a good idea for anyone

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Hi :) I know that Telegram is not save and not a good messenger if you are a privacy-geek. Sadly some parts of my family still think so. I brougth up the arguments, that they are cooperating with Russia, that they or closed-source on the server-side and that e2ee is not on by default and only available for 1-on-1 chats.

My question now is, if you gals and guys might have some other arguments or sources I could use.

I don’t want to convince anyone to switch away from Telegram (because I am no missionary :D) I just want people to understand the risks of using Telegram.

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ByteMe@lemmy.world
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It’s true. I’m also really annoyed with rising telegram premium stuff. It used to be just a nifty addon, now it’s everywhere.

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andylicious1337@lemmy.worldOP
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what exactly do you mean by “telegram premium stuff”?

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THX-1138@lemmy.ml
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Basically more perks which honestly is just more useless bloatware imo.

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ByteMe@lemmy.world
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Gift someone premium, do this and do that with premium, now there are some ads too etc

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