This episode corrects my misconceptions of the privacy level of Telegram. Thanks for posting this enlightening video. Hopefully more will watch this and be wary of Telegrams shortcomings.
Telegram can't synchronize "secret" chats between devices. Telegram's official desktop apps lack end-to-end encryption at all (some third-party builds had them). And everything about group conversations you have explained already. The likes of Signal have these features for ages. I.e. you are absolutely right - Telegram is a social network, not a modern private messaging application. The real danger is that bad actors, like governments, can leverage the controversies around Telegram to launch an attack against truly private and secure messaging in general.
Great episode. It seems like the government should have left it alone. The more information that comes out, the more people will realize, it wasn’t that secure to begin with.
@@twit I’ve never had an opportunity to comment on one of your videos until now. Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication that go into creating these videos. I enjoy them 😊
They seemed to imply the government is signal, “because they don’t need a backdoor”…is that accurate?…sorry, I’m non techy and stumbled into this story
Isn't the critical point that Telegram, although not end-to-end encrypted by default, does not have back doors for government agencies and does not give them access to its servers other than for overtly criminal material, and strongly resists the heavy-handed censorship governments increasingly seem to want on all manner of topics. That lack of cooperation is what frustrates the governments, and is why they shifted from Russia.
@@Thomas15 although messages not being end-to-end encrypted would make them vulnerable to interception at the point of transmission, surely even if they are stored in plain text on Telegram servers, doesn't it still require a hack for an agency to access and extract something stored on those servers - I mean surely Telegram like any other company would have protection against an external party from penetrating their internal infrastructure - they must have some security on their internal servers, right (which would include personal messages)? This is a genuine question, I may be just naive.
This episode corrects my misconceptions of the privacy level of Telegram. Thanks for posting this enlightening video. Hopefully more will watch this and be wary of Telegrams shortcomings.
Telegram can't synchronize "secret" chats between devices. Telegram's official desktop apps lack end-to-end encryption at all (some third-party builds had them). And everything about group conversations you have explained already. The likes of Signal have these features for ages. I.e. you are absolutely right - Telegram is a social network, not a modern private messaging application. The real danger is that bad actors, like governments, can leverage the controversies around Telegram to launch an attack against truly private and secure messaging in general.
Great episode.
It seems like the government should have left it alone.
The more information that comes out, the more people will realize, it wasn’t that secure to begin with.
Omg comments allowed?
You beat me to it! Lol
@@jrhrsr I always wondered why they never allowed comments.
Comments/feedback communicated in a constructive ,mature and civil manner, positive and/or negative, ARE welcome! :)
@@twit I’ve never had an opportunity to comment on one of your videos until now. Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication that go into creating these videos. I enjoy them 😊
They seemed to imply the government is signal, “because they don’t need a backdoor”…is that accurate?…sorry, I’m non techy and stumbled into this story
Most these services have a weak link somewhere or setting that means most people are not nearly as hidden as they think. Usually just to save a buck.
Isn't the critical point that Telegram, although not end-to-end encrypted by default, does not have back doors for government agencies and does not give them access to its servers other than for overtly criminal material, and strongly resists the heavy-handed censorship governments increasingly seem to want on all manner of topics. That lack of cooperation is what frustrates the governments, and is why they shifted from Russia.
The lack of end to end encryption means others don't need back doors.
Governments and security agencies can easily access Telegram’s servers, where messages are stored in plain text! No backdoor required.
@@Thomas15 although messages not being end-to-end encrypted would make them vulnerable to interception at the point of transmission, surely even if they are stored in plain text on Telegram servers, doesn't it still require a hack for an agency to access and extract something stored on those servers - I mean surely Telegram like any other company would have protection against an external party from penetrating their internal infrastructure - they must have some security on their internal servers, right (which would include personal messages)? This is a genuine question, I may be just naive.