This is an opportunity for any users, server admins, or interested third parties to ask anything they’d like to @nutomic@lemmy.ml and I about Lemmy. This includes its development and future, as well as wider issues relevant to the social media landscape today.
Note: This will be the thread tmrw, so you can use this thread to ask and vote on questions beforehand.
I use Telegram. The company is based outside the EU/US, so its unlikely that it would give any data to my government.
As far as I know, there’s volunteer “content moderators” on Telegram who have access to a very invasive moderation tool that allows them to read any (non-secret) private chat, private group or even the saved messages simply by username. The software they use was recently leaked, and it’s not really something I use anymore since.
Hey in another comment you mentioned being from Germany, so I think this might be relevant to you
https://www.ndr.de/der_ndr/presse/mitteilungen/Ministerium-bestaetigt-erstmals-Telegram-gibt-Nutzerdaten-an-deutsche-Sicherheitsbehoerden,pressemeldungndr23418.html
Of cource Bundesinnenministerium aka the police is not really the most trustworthy source, but I just wanted to mention that in case you and others did not know about that.
What a shame. Luckily the numbers are very small, I hope it doesn’t increase in the future.