Telegram Now Shares Users’ IP and Phone Number on Legal Requests

[dogluver101]

If the feds are after you, it doesn't matter which chat app you use, they'll already be on your phone. The data that is disclosed by the respective chat operator also depends on the country in which you live or whose nationality you have. Since different laws apply, the EU, for example, is much stricter than Brazil. I doubt that one chat app is more secure than another. Many people trust the false anonymity of the internet, which is a big mistake in first place.

True.
Almost no app is safe. At least telegram admitted they can turn off encryption.
Unless you're actually under investigation, they would have to be contacted by the agency investigating.. telegram isnt just sending millions of contacts because they like dog penies's

Its always the very big name apps that get more talk like this.. I dont think matrix gets this much attention. Though it's more the encryption is setup by the user. But people want convince which involves trusting the app with your encryption keys

 

[kyhorse]

True.
Almost no app is safe. At least telegram admitted they can turn off encryption.
Unless you're actually under investigation, they would have to be contacted by the agency investigating.. telegram isnt just sending millions of contacts because they like dog penies's

Its always the very big name apps that get more talk like this.. I dont think matrix gets this much attention. Though it's more the encryption is setup by the user. But people want convince which involves trusting the app with your encryption keys

How can they turn off encryption on end to end?

 

[Blacksoul]

How can they turn off encryption on end to end?

By giving the requesting authority the corresponding key. There are only two ways to break end-to-end encryption. First, with the correct key for the protocol used, it is no problem at all to access the plain text. However, to crack end-to-end encryption, the protocol must be attacked, which is difficult and extremely time-consuming in order to spy on the content. But it is definitely not impossible.

 

[kyhorse]

But the encryption code isn’t stored on their servers nor generated by their servers. So how could they share it? It’s all kept locally and generated locally. I’m referring to the end to end encrypted private chats, not their every day regular chats.