If I HAD to use one, which one would be better? While Whatsapp is owned by Facebook, they have end to end encryption for the messages, while the metadata is not. However, on Telegram, nothing is end to end encrypted unless you use a secret chat which most regular people are most likely not going to use. I have a feeling Whatsapp would be better but I wanted to hear your thoughts.
If you have to use one of the two listed I’d say WhatsApp with disappearing messages only as you will have most people and if you are in Europe or south america it is everywhere.
I can only recommended signal that was tested in the us courts and the only thing the could provide was the sign up date for the account I believe