[WildGreenLeave]

> The real harm comes from regular people reading articles like the Wired one or the famously wrong Guardian one and switching to much worse alternatives, like SMS or Telegram.

I can understand why you give SMS as an example, because it is just plaintext. But why Telegram? As far as I know Telegram is probably better secured over a service like Whatsapp.

Edit: the latter is an assumption from me, I do not have any claims to back this up. Thats why I'm asking.

[arkadiyt]

Telegram group messages are not end-to-end encrypted at all, the Telegram service has access to all message content.

Wish you weren't getting downvoted for asking this - asking is how people learn.

[whyever]

Your assumption is wrong. I fear that articles like this are partially responsible for that.

[brute]

People are in jail because they felt secure using Telegram. It's the kind of people who should be in jail, but nonetheless it is beyond me how anyone could still use it.