Telegram: Still the Privacy King, or an OPSEC Nightmare?

[Torman]

Is telegram still the best privacy messaging client?
 I’ve been weighing my options and wanted to get the community’s take on my thoughts:

• Telegram offers convenience and features, but its encryption model (MTProto, non-E2EE by default) raises questions and the current state of affairs with bans happening left and right, and other political issues makes me cautious to use it.
  
• Signal is the gold standard for security, but I find its UI clunky and its feature set limited, maybe this is something I'll just have to compromise on and settle in. BUT:
  
• Matrix (paired with Element) seems like a promising middle ground—self-hostable, decentralized, and Discord-like in flexibility.
  

Would love to hear your experiences or recommendations.

[SWIFTPROXYIOPRO]

Although my OPSEC is currently bad because I have no choice
https://patched.to/Thread-contributor-fu...ppear-book

You can check this book , it is interesting and has everything. My OPSEC is currently bad as I said because I don't have choice but this will really help you. It has a part about messaging plateforms

[Torman]

Yesterday, 01:01 PM SWIFTPROXYIOPRO Wrote:

Although my OPSEC is currently bad because I have no choice
https://patched.to/Thread-contributor-fu...ppear-book

You can check this book , it is interesting and has everything. My OPSEC is currently bad as I said because I don't have choice but this will really help you. It has a part about messaging plateforms

Perfect, just the answer I was looking for. In fact I was just writing on another forum how I was looking for an OPSEC guide so this is great timing.

I think OPSEC is very underrated and under achieved. It is so important especially in early days as Lucas's arrest tells us, not to mention Ross Ulbrich.