@edwardk Telegram popularity has two other reasons. Firstly Telegram is not listening and harvesting everything that its users do on their devices. Secondly Telegram servers are out of US Jurisdiction. That gives some measure of comfort to many.

#telegram, #eavesdrop, #privacy, #communicationsprivacy, #communicationprivacy, #MessagingFreedom, #messagingprivacy

You know how we've always claimed "#WhatsApp could introduce features that you don't agree with"? Well, we've just got our latest demonstration. WhatsApp has started to introduce #ads to users—"contextual" ones, of course (guess what that means).

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If Prāv turned evil, we'd have to start with a consensus process like this which would probably get blocked at the first step 🛑

(Not to mention the fact that you could always switch to some other #Jabber/#XMPP supporting app and seamlessly carry on communication as before!)

#Prav #MessagingFreedom #Messaging #MessagingApp #SeizeTheMeansOfCommunication