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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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I made a spreadsheet that ranks messengers for privacy (privacyspreadsheet.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've been working really hard to research and rank messaging apps by their privacy. The more green boxes the better.

I plan to turn PrivacySpreadsheet.com into a place for privacy data on everything from cars to video games. It's all open source too on GitHub.

Not trying to advertise, I just put a lot of time into researching all this, and I want to share it since I think others could benefit.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It's got that telegram is funded by Russia, is that true?

Wikipedia says the opposite.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegram_(software)

Telegram was launched in 2013 by the brothers Nikolai and Pavel Durov. Previously, the pair founded the Russian social network VK, which they left in 2014, saying it had been taken over by the government. Pavel sold his remaining stake in VK and left Russia after resisting government pressure.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Telegram was suddenly unblocked in Russia after getting a bunch of money from the Kremlin.

https://www.wired.com/story/the-kremlin-has-entered-the-chat/

The Moscow Times reported that the investments included $75 million from a joint partnership between an Abu Dhabi state fund and a Kremlin sovereign wealth fund.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Uggh, that's a bit concerning.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Telegram is not meant for private messaging. It is like a public forum but in the form of realtime chat. Telegram and Discord are unique types of public chat style forums.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Really? Because that's how I use it. There's nothing "public" about anything I use in it.

There's also fully end-to-end encrypted chats.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

You can go whisper in another person's ear in a discussion group, thinking others cannot hear your whispers. Does not make it true. You can go use an axe to cut vegetables if you like. Just do not complain when the onion becomes red.

If you do not understand the nature of different tools, it is entirely your fault. Use different tools for different purposes.