My family uses it to communicate on devices that don't support iMessage (mainly Windows and Linux installs) because it's one of the precious few cross-platform messengers that doesn't treat desktop users as second class or as an afterthought.

Signal is legit. The entire stack is open source, and messages are E2EE.

Telegram is connected to Eastern European and the Middle Eastern countries and not in a good way, and the server-side components are closed source. There is no E2EE by default.

There's a few communities that use Telegram because it seems to be one of the few that is both generally usable by the average person and by default has at least a little respect for separating your online identity from your real life identity. Which is sad because I agree it's a bit of a dumpster fire when it comes to security and privacy beyond that.

Counterpoint: I have. Although Telegram is less popular in the US. I try to get all my friends using Signal.

I prefer to keep the contents of my message secure from the panopticon.

> Or Signal

It's kind of hard to hash out what you're saying here

There's at least millions of such persons

> I've never seen a legit good hearted person ever use Telegram. It's usually what grifters and scammers prefer to use. Or Signal.

TIL I'm not a legit good hearted person.

Guess I'll remove myself from the organ donation registry.