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Discussion on: Is Telegram the Best in Class for Privacy? (TL;DR: Nope)

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I read the article

See, that was your first mistake.

But seriously thanks, I've added "On the CCA (in)security of MTProto" to the list of links at the bottom. That list of links wasn't intended as "sources." That article is indeed worthy as a source.

Thanks for the suggestion!

And perhaps I should make it less implicit that what I consider "best in class" in my post here is "best in class" for recommending to people relatively unfamiliar with security stuff; "the masses".

Like, Grandma doesn't want the NSA stealing her secret cookie recipes, and asks for one of them secret chat thingies (they've been naughty!). Or a friend just got a job as a congressional aide/CEO assistant/regulator/software developer and wants to up the InfoSec game. What do?

And hey, Y Combinator isn't that bad, at least for showing "I'm not the only grumpy troll out there who's skeptical of this BS."

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Dave

perhaps I should make it less implicit that what I consider "best in class" in my post here is "best in class" for recommending to people relatively unfamiliar with security stuff; "the masses".

See, for grandma, Telegram is just fine, because it's "better than WhatsApp". For medium requirements, I use Zendo, for its OTP feature. I also use Signal (for medium rated voice calls).

For things that require true SC, in person, in a secured location.