Hello #nostr 👋
This is Pavel Durov, SEO of Telegram.
I am amazed by the magnificence of the decentralized Nostr universe! It's stunning! I never believed that truly convenient messengers could emerge on Nostr, but I was wrong.
0xchat and Xchat pleasantly surprised me - magnificent messengers with a great future! I am also watching Keychat and White Noise with interest. All of these messengers are safer than Telegram.
Telegram has faced criticism for many years, and today I want to admit that Telegram is not a secure messenger. It's security and privacy claims were merely marketing tactics. It's time to acknowledge it.
Yes, Telegram does not have encryption enabled by default and is unsafe for private communication.
https://whonix.org/wiki/Telegram
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1789687898863792453.html
Yes, Telegram misled users about successfully passing a pentest competition
https://www.cryptofails.com/post/70546720222/telegrams-cryptanalysis-contest
Yes, Telegram uses an unencrypted ID that can be employed for spying on users
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/11/18/kherson-resistance-partisans-russia-occupation/
Yes, Telegram have a backdoor in secret chats, allowing to read messsges on our servers
https://words.filippo.io/telegram-ecdh/
https://habr.com/ru/articles/252911/
Yes, secret chats are stored insecurely on your phone
https://habr.com/ru/articles/419551/
https://habr.com/ru/articles/442586/
Yes, Telegram has very weak forensic protection, and deleted messages can be easily recovered
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3727641
Yes, Telegram has always had ties to the Russian government and its security services
https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/telegram-the-fsb-and-the-man-in-the-middle
https://www.wired.com/story/the-kremlin-has-entered-the-chat/
I would like more users to adopt Nostr, for Nostr to attract more developers, and for us to see a new, uncensored internet.
Forward, Nostr!✊
