I dont understand why threat actors / hackers use telegram which obtains your phone number and not simplex or even signal for that matter

  • random65837@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Because they’re more mainstream, people have them, and using your phone number (which is easy to get around) doesn’t mean your texts can be read. Privacy and security aren’t the same thing.