WhatsApp boss says ‘don’t use Telegram’ on app privacy

The growing competition between WhatsApp and Telegram, Head of Meta’s messaging app distorts rival’s privacy. Will Cathcart criticized the other messenger on his personal Twitter account.

Referencing a report from the portal wired Cathcart opened a long thread on Telegram about end-to-end encryption, e2ee protocols. “Get the truth – especially before you use it for anything special,” he said.

“Telegram lacks the true transparency that most tech companies embrace. In addition to people failing to protect their messages, Telegram’s mistakes put people at risk,” Cathcart said.

“Do not use Telegram”

List of WhatsApp boss followed by quoting create an application programming interface (API) that “seems to allow access to user content for mass surveillance”. It even linked to the rival app’s privacy policies, where there was a statement that user data is not passed on to governments.

We often see them getting credit for working as an ‘encrypted’ app, but they’re far from that and we hope people realize this before it’s too late.”

This is a really important post. @DarrenLoucaides @Wired About Telegram. If you think Telegram is safe, you should read this article and understand the truth before using it especially for anything private.

Some really important points: https://t.co/WefbuS11Ov

– Will Cathcart (@wcathcart) February 10, 2023

In concluding the thread, Will Cathcart said he is aware that people will cite his interest in criticizing Telegram. He then defended himself.

The head of Meta’s messenger said, “There are many other end-to-end encrypted messaging apps people can choose from. If you’re not going to use WhatsApp, use one of them – don’t use Telegram.”