Telegram

How many use Telegram? I'm still trying to figure out what advantage there is to providers preferring the use of Telegram for contact, rather than a regular phone? Why would it matter, either for the provider, or potential client? My burner phone doesn't allow for apps to be downloaded.

Yea? I’m curious too! Young perverts, what is the advantage?

i Message is more secure than Telegram.

Banged_Up said: Young perverts, what is the advantage? Click to expand... What advantages it has over a regular phone: that’s obvious. Plain regular phone messages aren’t fully encrypted and operators keep logs on their servers for quite a long time (according to local policies, federal and provincial rules). Even if it’s a burner phone, logs will store triangulation data, and by correlating nearby IMEIs you can identify with 99% accuracy which other phone (yours) is travelling with your burner. So any messenger is already better than a regular phone for privacy. Messages in Telegram ARE ALSO NOT ENCRYPTED by default. Although an encryption option exists, it’s optional and practically nobody uses it. Unlike SMS on a phone, these messages are stored on Telegram’s servers, which might ignore requests from Canada and refuse to hand over your chat. But that’s an illusion, since Telegram will hand over your data just like WhatsApp would if the request is properly issued. For an ordinary person, using WhatsApp or Telegram is basically the same. Both let you set message deletion timers and make messages self-destruct. Telegram does have a very convenient feature -- self-destructing photos: an SP can send to a pooner her photo and it will disappear as soon as he views it. It’s not 100% reliable, but it’s better than casually sending pictures to anyone. If you’re high-profile, the choice between WhatsApp and Telegram depends on the threat model. For high-profile users neither option is suitable; the methods that are suitable lose on usability and popularity. Regarding service providers: If she’s a foreign student or tourist, a law could be passed at some point (in the feature) allowing border officers to access her text history, and then she might be denied entry for having worked illegally. Messengers is better. Not safer for work, but better for privacy. For SP who already have citizenship/PR and can’t be turned away at the border, an ordinary phone is actually the better choice: she may feel safer, because clients who text from regular phones already provide partial ID. This applies only to those who work independently. For those who work through an handler, it depends on the handler's priorities. Telegram is popular because of its marketing. It’s promoted as abuse‑resistant, very private, and user‑protecting -- but that’s just a gimmick people believe.

Seems like the short answer is there is no advantage for providers wanting us to use Telegram.

Waaay over thinking all of this. Most law enforcement agencies don't care what's going on between consenting adults. Too may bigger fish out there.

jgg said: i Message is more secure than Telegram. Click to expand... Amen to this. I really wish more SP’s used iMessage rather than android apps etc… i messages can be erased on my end never to be seen again.

I just joined telegram last month to make a channel so I could use it to post my schedule and availability, so I am new to it, but mainly use it as my channel. I prefer people to text me or fill out my booking form though for communication. As far as messaging I’m not sure if there are advantages to use telegram, but I think it’s good to have varying ways to communicate with us.

Google Telegram and read the wiki on it. Lots of garbage/illegal stuff on it, it seems if you want to use Telegram, I would only put it only on a burner...