In recent years, WhatsApp has become one of the most popular messaging apps worldwide, connecting billions of people across the globe. However, beneat

Is Telegram really that bad and should i look more into it or is sticking to signal really the best option?

  • CrypticCoffee@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Just to clarify. I thought WA had e2e encryption before Signal but got bought out by Facebook, so Signal developed including with e2e encryption and open source code (at least initially) as an alternative. Is that correct?

    • pranqster@infosec.pubEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      The Signal protocol (née axolotl) was created by Moxie Marlinspike and Trevor Perrin and Signal messenger (née TextSecure) was built from the ground up with this protocol. WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook without e2ee and Moxie later worked with them to integrate the Signal protocol for WhatsApp. Hope that clarifies.