I have heard that Iranian dissidents use Telegraph. I know to stay away from WhatsApp since it was acquired by Facebook, in a move that makes no sense.rtschl wrote: ↑Tue Sep 08, 2020 2:48 pm It is a secure chat/messaging app. It keeps no logs or records on calls and on "secret chats" with end to end encryption.
This article is from April 2019, but gives a basic understanding of it: https://www.androidauthority.com/what-i ... er-979357/
You can also read about it on Wikipedia for more information.
People not wanting to be tracked by government or by big tech seem to like this app - better than WhatsApp/ Wechat (Chinese communist monitored) . But so does Antifa as per Andy Gno (independent reporter who documents the movement and activities of Antifa). With end to end encryption unless they get the user to unlock the phone, the authorities are not going to get anything from this app. A user can also set up self destruct timers that will destroy the secret chats.
This can be used for both good and evil - it's just a tool. If things turn bad it might be a useful tool for secure communications between individuals.
Requiring a phone number is used to send a text to deliver a confirmation code. There really is no better way to establish that the account is real. It would be nice if they threw the number away after they got the confirmation code, but I doubt they do.
I use Signal occasionally. I don't know how they pay the bills.
Ditto on end-to-end encryption. Any encryption that relies on intermediation and certificate authorities such as T-L-S is broken. We use T-L-S because it's good enough.
Admin: T-L-S is showing up as [pre-paid legal]. Example: [pre-paid legal] . Weird.