Esra'a (@[email protected])
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@[email protected] It gets a bit worse, Telegram has a long-standing relationship with a Saudi organization that's essentially a govt arm in Riyadh, working in direct partnership to analyze and monitor an obscene amount of user data: https://www.saudigazette.com.sa/article/641746/SAUDI-ARABIA/Etidal-Telegram-remove-over-16-million-extremist-contents-in-early-2024 They claim this only targets terrorist groups. I can verify that it absolutely impacts groups run by queer communities in the Gulf, because I was in one such group that was monitored and shut down by Etidal. Telegram can fuck off into the sunset.
  • @rdri
    4•8 months ago

    Whenever a user adds a new client (device), all conversations recipients should have to approve in order for them to see the chat history.

    Why though? In case of a public chat or a chat with at least few dozens of users it’ll already be excessive if it could work at all.

    All chat history and groups are peer 2 peer

    Like really P2P or E2E? Because I know at least one chat app that is serverless but doesn’t involve E2E apparently - tox. E2E is an overkill for big group chats because it means you have to re-encrypt every message for every new user for them to see it. Else if you rely on just a fixed shared key it’s not E2E anymore (which will make some people sad and hate your app).

    • @[email protected]
      3•8 months ago

      Why though? In case of a public chat or a chat with at least few dozens of users it’ll already be excessive if it could work at all.

      For public chats, you wouldn’t need to approve, only for private chat groups.

      Like really P2P or E2E?

      Yep real P2P. The design is inspired by BitTorrent.

      • @rdri
        2•8 months ago

        For public chats, you wouldn’t need to approve, only for private chat groups.

        I get that but it kind of defeats the purpose. If your group is so small that it’s worth it for every member to approve new ones then it probably doesn’t produce enough content for each new member to care about.