All data is stored heavily encrypted and the encryption keys in each case are stored in several other data centers in different jurisdictions. “We store messages, photos, videos and documents from your cloud chats on our servers so that you can access your data from any of your devices anytime without having to rely on third-party backups. With Telegram, you are trusting their reputation and policies to keep your data private and secure, you are not trusting the integrity of their end-to-end encryption. Telegram is not end-to-end encrypted by default, with limited exceptions, user data is stored on its cloud platform and can be technically accessed by staff. The critical new field is “user content,” though, and that does point to a security and privacy issue that sets Telegram apart from the likes of WhatsApp and Signal-its cloud service. On the specifics of the new labels, Telegram says that the purchases, financial information and location fields may be either misleading or irrelevant, only coming into play when a user selects certain features or functions. Telegram has published an explainer on Apple’s privacy labels, assuring that “we don't use your data to track you or show you ads we don't use your data to help others track you or show you ads we only store the data that Telegram needs to function as a secure and feature-rich messaging service, for as long as you need it.” MORE FROM FORBES Facebook Tracks Your iPhone Location-This Is How To Stop It By null But data is data, and this is another example of messengers becoming multifaceted platforms, providing finance and commerce, compromising the security and privacy of core messaging to do so.

And so, while Telegram is still clearly collected significantly less than WhatsApp, the differences between itself, Signal and iMessage are now much starker.įor its part, Telegram is clearly irritated at Apple, which is being “rather unreasonable with their interpretations,” I was told. While the major caveat with privacy labels is that they represent the worst case-not all labels are collected for all users, this has clearly been done reluctantly, and more importantly, all this data links back to users and their identities. Privacy Labels: Telegram Before and Now Apple / before it collected basic contact info, contact lists and an identifier, now it has added purchase histories and financial information, precise locations, and user content, including email and text messages, audio and media.

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