“Is Telegram’s Privacy Shift Driving Extremists Toward SimpleX?”, Maargentino, September 25, 2024:
“On September 23, 2024, 404 Media reported that Telegram announced changes to its terms of service. In an update to its privacy policy, Telegram stated that it will now share IP addresses and phone numbers with law enforcement authorities in response to valid orders.
There has been plenty of speculation and growing uncertainty around the safety of Telegram among terrorist and violent extremist networks that use it. There was a real fear among these threat actors that Telegram might start cooperating with authorities, and today that fear became a reality.
For weeks now, there has been increased discussion around the use of alternative secure communication platforms such as Session, Signal, Threema, Matrix, etc. One platform that has seen a migration of Telegram chat and channel networks is SimpleX, which we will explore today……..”
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