- Signal -> Close friends & family I've convinced to use it.
- WhatsApp -> Most of my friends.
- SMS -> School notifications, 2FA, shipping updates, etc.
- Facebook Messenger -> Elderly relatives
- Telegram -> That one relative who wants to use this instead of Signal.
Is there a consolidated messaging app that the HN community recommends?
I can't be the only one suffering from messenger bloat.
But somehow people started using it because it was "more secure" than whatsapp.
Any proof? If you're calling MTProto 2.0 'insecure' then you should know it's already been audited multiple times in the last 2 years. If insecure means not using E2EE, then I guess the whole infrastructure of the internet is insecure.
> It's not even anonymous
It's more anonymous than Signal is. It requires phone number to register but you don't need to share a phone number or any personal detail to communicate with people.
> If you're calling MTProto 2.0 'insecure' then you should know [...]
If you're calling "secret chats" the default, then you should ask around or try to use telegram on desktop or just open telegram and see how much stuff is actually encrypted.
In whatsapp, messages have always been on-device / in-memory, where they belong, doing a p2p sync/transfer
> 1. Is There a Secret Chat On Telegram Desktop?
> No. Due to Telegram secret chat's end-to-end encryption and the requirement for permanent storage on the device (and not using the Cloud to store data), Telegram does not have the secret chat feature on Desktop or Web Telegram. They may add this feature on their desktop version in the future, but for now, it is not safe enough to have it.