Many in the crypto and privacy community mistakenly trust Telegram because it’s “end to end encrypted”, but there are huge issues including not hiding the metadata, censorship, centralization, and phone numbers.
Send this video to your friend that asks why you won’t join:
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Made.by Russia automatically makes it “sus”.
It’s… Not made by Russia, it’s made by a former Russian (that no longer has a citizenship there) with Ukrainian roots and a French and UAE dual citizenship.
Remember folks, Albert Einstein was German born but he sure as heck wasn’t a Nazi.
Fair enough.