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Alternative after WhatsApp update: why you shouldn't switch to Telegram

2021-01-14T11:01:53.997Z


Since WhatsApp's terms of use change, many users switch messengers. However, the Telegram app is not considered a safe alternative.


Since WhatsApp's terms of use change, many users switch messengers.

However, the Telegram app is not considered a safe alternative.

  • Due to a controversial WhatsApp * update, users are looking for

    alternatives

    .

  • We do not recommend

    installing

    the Russian messenger service

    Telegram

    .

  • The

    Signal

    app

    is considered a particularly secure option.

Kassel -

WhatsApp

changes the terms of use and keeps the option

to share

data with

Facebook

in the

future

.

If users do not agree to the conditions, they

will soon no longer be able to use

the

messenger

service.

Therefore, many users are already looking for an alternative, especially

Telegram

is popular - but anything but safe.

At least that is what the technology magazine

Chip Online

claims

.

+

One of WhatsApp's competitors: the Russian messenger service Telegram.

(Symbol photo)

© Sergei Konkov / TASS / dpa

Encryption is not activated from the start with Telegram - with WhatsApp it is

Telegram is seen

as the safer messenger service

compared to

WhatsApp

, which, according to

Chip Online

, "does not necessarily correspond to the truth".

Although the app from

Russia

also has

end-to-end encryption of

the chats, this must first be activated in the settings under "Secret chats".

In any case, this setting is not standard - but it is with WhatsApp.

Regular

chats

are still encrypted, but should be cached by the

cloud function

on

Telegram

servers and thus theoretically decryptable.

WhatsApp uses secure algorithm - it is unclear where the Telegram servers are located

In addition, the

end-to-end encryption

at Telegram is based on a proprietary protocol, according to

Chip Online

.

This means that no one except Telegram can judge for themselves how secure the encryption actually is.

WhatsApp,

on the other hand, uses the algorithm from the competing

product Signal

, which is classified as safe

.

The Russian Messenger Service Telegram is also as open source app ( "

open source

touted"), which would mean that external experts, the

app

examine and could analyze.

Since

Telegram's

server code

is not publicly available, it is not possible to assess what is happening on the provider's servers.

The

location of

those servers is also unknown, which creates uncertainty about the applicable

data protection laws

.

WhatsApp or Telegram?

Elon Musk and Edward Snowden recommend Signal

The

Signal

app is

a particularly safe and

free alternative

.

Whistleblower

Edward Snowden

has been recommending

Messenger

for years,

as has Tesla boss Elon Musk.

According to

Chip Online,

the end-to-end encryption speaks for itself, as does the fact that, unlike Telegram, Signal is a “real”

open source app

.

Use signal

- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 7, 2021

Another advantage of the messenger service: Not only

chats

and media, but also

metadata

, i.e. higher-level data that receive further information, should be encrypted here.

Signal was developed by a

non-profit organization

with the aim of offering a completely secure messenger.

In addition, many well-known features are also included.

If you want

to switch

from

WhatsApp

or

Telegram

to Signal, you should hardly

miss

a

function

.

(Nail Akkoyun)

* hna.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network.

List of rubric lists: © Sergei Konkov / TASS / dpa

Source: merkur

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