Greetings!

A friend of mine wants to be more secure and private in light of recent events in the USA.

They originally told me they were going to use telegram, in which I explained how Telegram is considered compromised, and Signal is far more secure to use.

But they want more detailed explanations then what I provided verbally. Please help me explain things better to them! ✨

I am going to forward this thread to them, so they can see all your responses! And if you can, please cite!

Thank you! ✨

  • logging_strict@lemmy.ml
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    6 hours ago

    In Telegram, you never have to expose your phone number. If you like walking into traps then of course you can.

    But can make minimal efforts to not be a degenerate avoiding this obvious easily avoidable trap.

    How to avoid exposing your phone number

    Make a group called i'm not a complete utter idiot. Whenever you have a friend wanting to connect, make a group link, send it to them, have them join. After joining have them send a message in the group. Just, “Hi”. Nothing more. Less is more.

    Look for that message and click on the person’s name. You are now connected. Send them a personal message, “Hi!”.

    You can also add them as a contact without sharing your phone number.

    Your friend will probably be a degenerate and expose their phone number. Teach them how to go into settings to always hide it.

    Try not to call them a degenerate, degenerates hate that.

    Also try not to think of them as a degenerate, they will already know that and be proud of it and not understand why you don’t share their enthusiasm.

    So control what thoughts you project into the ether. If you have to change the topic in your mind to something involving flowers singing birds and clouds.