An Attack on Telegram
"Some viable alternatives I can recommend are Threema or TextSecure."<p>The problem with Threema and TextSecure is that it's hard to convince my friends to use them because<p>- Threema is not free and does not have desktop/web clients, and multi-device setup is not supported afaik
- TextSecure is not really multi-platform<p>The only popular, multiplatform messengers at the moment are Whatsapp, FB Messenger, Viber/Line and Telegram. Whatsapp doesn't have a desktop client, Messenger requires a Facebook Login, Telegram and Whatsapp does not have voice chat and I hate Viber's design -> so I keep using Telegram for messaging and Skype for voice.<p>The network effects can be very nicely observed in messenger usages. In my home country almost everyone uses Viber, but in other countries I have worked (W-EU) almost everyone uses Whatsapp. In Germany people seem to know Telegram, in other places nobody heard about it.