Telegram is just convenient: lightweight (when compared to market), easy to use, doesn't require you to share your phone number with your contacts (beating Signal this way)
I admit that I haven't read your article thoroughly (yet), yet the initial statement struck me, you write "Telegram is [...] focused heavily on privacy and security". I've immediately jumped to searching for the subject of E2E encryption. While the self destructing messages are, indeed, nice and all, I fail to see how an application can fulfill the premise of the initial statement with E2E encryption turned off by default.
Telegram is just convenient: lightweight (when compared to market), easy to use, doesn't require you to share your phone number with your contacts (beating Signal this way)
I admit that I haven't read your article thoroughly (yet), yet the initial statement struck me, you write "Telegram is [...] focused heavily on privacy and security". I've immediately jumped to searching for the subject of E2E encryption. While the self destructing messages are, indeed, nice and all, I fail to see how an application can fulfill the premise of the initial statement with E2E encryption turned off by default.
This was a fantastic read, thanks!