#Telegram says it has ‘about 30 engineers’; #security experts say that’s a red flag
I've been saying for _years_ Telegram should not be treated as a "secure messenger" if only solely for the fact it does not have end-to-end encryption enabled by default.
#privacy #messengers
https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/24/experts-say-telegrams-30-engineers-team-is-a-security-red-flag/
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