When compared to renowned instant messaging apps such as WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger, Telegram might seem like the underdog. However, the Russian platform is anything but with its user base of roughly 300 million. If you are not yet familiar with it, a few questions might be going through your mind right now. What is Telegram? Is it encrypted? How shady is its privacy policy? And, most importantly, is Telegram secure?
Worry not, as I will answer all of them and more in the following lines. As always, stay tuned until the end for some actionable advice on how to stay safe while using Telegram.
What is Telegram?
Telegram is a cloud-based instant messaging app that was launched back in 2013 and has gained quite a devoted user base since then. It was developed by Pavel and Nikolai Durov, two Russian brothers who are best known for creating the social networking platform VK (formerly VKontakte).
The app features a secret chat option with end-to-end encryption, as well as a regular chat variant that is encrypted in the Telegram Cloud. It is available on multiple mobile and desktop operating systems, namely iOS, macOS, Android, Windows Phone, Windows, and Linux.
What sets Telegram apart from the crowd is its popularity, especially among millennial and Gen Z users. Many of my friends use it and motivate their choice in doing so on the fact that it is more secure than other (Mark Zuckerberg-owned) instant messaging apps out there such as WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger.
However, that isn’t necessarily the case. For example, all WhatsApp chats feature end-to-end encryption, as opposed to Telegram using it for it ..
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