Telegram is the most popular messenger in urban Ukraine. The only way Telegram is end-to-end encrypted is via a feature called Secret Chat, which enables end-to-end encryption on the messaging app. This means that the makers of Telegram have the encryption keys for messages sent between users. Telegram, while being an encrypted messaging app, does not offer end-to-end encryption like Signal or WhatsApp. Now, while Telegram is popular in Ukraine, Signal’s creator Moxie Marlinspike took to Twitter to remind users in Ukraine that Telegram is not truly “encrypted” in the way people think it is.
Matthew Prince 🌥 FebruSIGNAL FOUNDER WARNS UKRAINIANS AGAINST TELEGRAM USAGE Smaller but significant increase in the use of Telegram as well. Spike in use of Signal (messaging app) in Ukraine in the last 24 hours. Ukranians took to Signal amid an ongoing cybersecurity threat from Russia as the app is said to be one of the most secure instant messaging app. Prince also said that there is a smaller but significant increase in the usage of Telegram in the region as well. “Spike in use of Signal (messaging app) in Ukraine in the last 24 hours,” Prince said in his tweet in the wee hours of February 25. Matthew Prince, the CEO of Cloudfare said in a tweet that he observed Signal usage in Ukraine shooting up starting up just after midnight on February 24, around the same time Russia officially launched the military operation in Ukraine.
Cloudfare’s internet infrastructure gives the company unique insight into internet usage in different countries. Under crisis, people of Ukraine are using encrypted messaging app Signal for communication, a report from the co-founder and CEO of Cloudfare has said.
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