Telegram is one of the most used messaging services in the world right now! This app is usually mentioned for it's online privacy and security.
Even though many other messaging apps say that they use End to End encryption, people the value their privacy still choose Telegram instead.
I'll be mentioning some of the most interesting aspects of this app and how to use them in your favour.
Telegram, a multi-platform of messaging is found by a Russian entrepreneur Pavel Durov, he actually founded WK as well, WK is very similar to Facebook and it is very popular in Russia. As a application it rolled out in October 20, 2013. This year in 24 April 2020 Telegram announced that it had reached 400 million monthly active users. And this number is increasing every time that another large competitor has a privacy scandal.
So, Telegram is a messaging app, what's all the fuss about it?
While there is nothing more that you can do with it rather than other messaging apps, what's better when compared to others is the privacy that ensures the end-to-end encryption. This is what keeps a third person out of the conversation, it means only you and the other one that you are messaging/calling can read/hear what you have to say.
Monetization
While other big companies use their services for advertisement and third party data sharing, Telegram and its founder also CEO Pavel Durov says that they don't get the funds through advertising and/or data collection sharing. Telegram also lists one of its two tenets of internet privacy as “protecting your personal data from third parties, such as marketers, advertisers, etc.” So, while competitors like Facebook, Google, Amazon say that they use encryption and all sorts of things that ensure privacy, they all integrate with advertisers and data sharing.
Pros and cons of using Telegram!
Pros
- Secret chats don’t allow a person to forward messages from the chat or take screenshots. Sure you can take a picture of the screen with another device but let's just don't go there.
- Self-destruct timers after a message is received, you can choose you desired time from 1 sec to 1 week before it disappears forever.
- Delete messages that you have sent to the other person or delete the whole chat for both of you in just a tap, that is very convenient.
- Large file size limit- while Whatsapp supports files up to 100mb and also Skype does the same amount of mb, Telegram allows you to send files up to 1.5gb which is super darn good.
- Customizations of Telegram chat are actually numerous, you can customize almost everything, from the color of the chat, to size of the letters and just everything else.
Cons
- New user announcement- while it's nice to get in touch with your contacts that are in you address book, the main reason people choose to use Telegram is the privacy and anonymity. I think Telegram should take notes and delete this feature, because every time a new user signs up to telegram all the contacts that have Telegram get a notification message.
- Stories and statuses- Telegram lacks this feature, while some might find it as an important feature...I think this shouldn't even be considered as a con.
Should you use Telegram?
If you are a person that values privacy and have something important to keep only for your eyes you should consider using Telegram with the Secret Chats enabled. Even though, if there is something that is meant only for your eyes, I suggest you keep it off the internet. It is super easy to use and it is not much different from others but you get the benefit of the peace of mind when it comes to privacy.
Telegram can be downloaded for free and you can actually use it in almost any device, PC, Mac, IOS, Android even if you don't want to install it in your device they have Telegram Web feature.
Do you use Telegram? Let me know what you like about it if you do!
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