I apologise for using those channels to such ends, but the ends justify the means.


Telegram has been a huge part of many of our lifes, for a great community. We felt safe on the platform, until today. Today, I feel like we have lost freedom and control.


Here's what that update does :

Say Bob and Alice have a normal private chat, in PM (not a secret chat, a normal PM).
Bob can now delete a message sent by Alice from BOTH sides, without Alice's approval.

This means that all of the messages you have now and will send in the future are at risk of being deleted FOREVER by your correspondants. Maliciously, or even just by mistake.

None of us thinks this a good update, bring danger, scam, and making telegram unsafe, which hurts because we love Telegram.

See more there:
https://news.1rj.ru/str/luckydonalds/713
https://news.1rj.ru/str/para949/521
https://news.1rj.ru/str/BrokenClock75/337
https://twitter.com/pk2271997/status/1110830940882915328?s=21'
https://news.1rj.ru/str/engsubanime/10194


If this frightens you, and you are against it, please vote AWFUL to this poll, and SHARE it around, explaining the problem:
https://news.1rj.ru/str/durov/103

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Armstrong_(programmer)
RIP Joe Armstrong, he died on April 20th this year.

Article is on which languages have the most checked and unchecked vulnerabilities. You will notice that functional languages don't even chart.

It is almost as though a functional language has inherent methods of safety and security, and that verification reduces bugs that open exploits.... Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......


(I wonder if F* to Low* C compilation causes less risks)