Posted on 04/03/2024 5:54:24 PM PDT by canuck_conservative
The Russian-made app, according to a new report from Guardio, has, in recent times, evolved into a thriving center where experienced cybercriminals and beginners can openly share illegal tools and knowledge—a "scammers paradise." As a result, a dark and well-organized supply chain of tools and victims' data has emerged...
As the Guardio report clearly demonstrated, there is very little, if anything, secure about Telegram, contrary to popular reports.
The paradox lies in Telegram's emphasis on its security and privacy features, despite there being no automatic end-to-end encryption in place; instead, message protection relies on policies rather than technology. Such a security flaw poses a risk to your privacy, and the availability of malware for hire poses a threat to your device. This becomes even more glaring when considering that Google Messages and Facebook Messenger now offer default end-to-end encryption.
As Jeff Allen, co-founder and chief research officer for the Integrity Institute, a U.S think-tank, recently told the Financial Times, in addition to "broader integrity issues," people "should be worried about the criminal underworld" that exists on Telegram...
Telegram is, in many ways, the new "dark web." However, unlike the traditional dark web, which requires specialized browsers, Telegram is considerably easier to access. In truth, there are no barriers to entry. Simply download the app, and away you go. Enter a world of unimaginable filth and crime.
Users can use Telegram, now a mix of Reddit, Rumble, 4Chan, and Craigslist to buy just about anything, from abortion pills, Bolivian cocaine, and fraudulently cloned bank cards.
Telegram may be safe for organized criminals, but it's not safe for everyday Americans. TikTok is not the only dangerous app in existence. U.S. lawmakers would do well to remember this rather important fact...
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
If they’re going through all the trouble to warn you about how bad it is, and how unsafe it is, that means it’s probably secure and they can’t snoop. So, instead of forcing the parent company to give them access (which is in Russia according to the story), they just seek to scare everyone away from using it.
TRANSLATION: Private communications that the NSA cannot intercept and decrypt is “privacy.” Privacy is bad. Total surveillance is good.
On the subject of security threats,
“Facebook snooped on users’ Snapchat traffic in secret project, documents reveal”
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/26/facebook-secret-project-snooped-snapchat-user-traffic/
Absurd.
I’ve never used it, and I never will. I have only Facebook as my sole social site. I closed everything else, including my Twitter/X account. I’m getting tired of all the bad news, all the evil, I see on those kinds of platforms.
The author of the swill probably thinks Fakebook, because it is US in origin, is some kind of clean act. It is as bad as any of the others.
Lets just ban everything!
ZEEPER FOLLIES PINGLIST!!
(((PING!)))
Join and laugh at the humor Zeepers provide!!
Telegram is the mouthpiece for MI6.
Wrong thread. Sorry.
I had never heard of Telegram until 2021, but I’m now a regular user. Several local conservative and patriotic groups began using it to communicate following the crackdown on conservatives and the MAGA movement by the FBI and Big Tech following J6.
“ Integrity Institute, a U.S think-tank…”
A 2 year old company populated with employees from Facebook, google and fired Twitter workers. Even Grindr is represented. Lots of studies on the wrong kind of misinformation. Nice propaganda and the circle jerk of self feeding DC is known.
Ahh… Newsweek, that font of TRUTH and LOVE-FOR-AMERICA.
Yes, of course that’s sarcasm, Frenchy.
you truly are a deep-state tw@t
Whatever they are for - more war, censorship on Americans, mass surveillance, rigged elections, massive debt spending - you have a propaganda article for just that.
it’s not the paper, it’s a phone app for encrypted communication...
As noted in post 11.
Unless you can create your own encryption, assume everything digital is compromised and all meta-data is collected.
Fly below the radar, Big Brother is watching.
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Bkmk
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