Russia lifts ban on Telegram
There&#x27;s so much FUD here about how this must mean Telegram is now insecure, backdoored etc. I sure hope those voicing these opinions actually have used Telegram and understands how it works:<p>- Telegram does log chats server-side <i>if you want them to</i> (to be able to see your chat history across devices). You don&#x27;t have to. Telegram supports end-to-end encryption (&quot;secret chats&quot;) with no logging -- as far as I know there is no proof that these chats are untrustworthy.<p>- Telegram groups have never been sacred and they are deleted if they spread illegal information. This is not the same thing as leaking someone&#x27;s personal chat history, which to my knowledge has still never been done.<p>I&#x27;d be glad to be proven wrong on any of these counts, I use both Telegram and Signal and trust the latter more for obvious reasons (it&#x27;s completely open source) -- but the fact that Telegram is not perfect in every way does not make it insecure by default.