> Not only does Telegram rely on your phone number to identify you, but unlike the competition it’ll happily send out your past conversation history to anyone who manages to take control of your phone number.
Many, myself included, are aware of this. I prefer it because if I get a newer iPhone tomorrow I still want all of my conversations and all history to be there. I question how many people can to a SIM takeover. No, it's not "everyone". Very few will actually do it and it seems it was a marketing tradeoff. Quite a normal practice and Telegram is not an outlier in this case.
> You think the UAE is better? I live here, it’s not. If the US government wants access to telegram conversation logs, the UAE government will happily retrieve them.
Sigh. Suspected, but never knew for sure. Thanks for letting me know. Now "all" that remains is for somebody to both incorporate end-to-end encrypted chats and allow synchronization of history between devices without a central server, in a single app, I suppose. But Telegram isn't that app and I am aware and okay with it.
Many, myself included, are aware of this. I prefer it because if I get a newer iPhone tomorrow I still want all of my conversations and all history to be there. I question how many people can to a SIM takeover. No, it's not "everyone". Very few will actually do it and it seems it was a marketing tradeoff. Quite a normal practice and Telegram is not an outlier in this case.
> You think the UAE is better? I live here, it’s not. If the US government wants access to telegram conversation logs, the UAE government will happily retrieve them.
Sigh. Suspected, but never knew for sure. Thanks for letting me know. Now "all" that remains is for somebody to both incorporate end-to-end encrypted chats and allow synchronization of history between devices without a central server, in a single app, I suppose. But Telegram isn't that app and I am aware and okay with it.