Oh no, what a dealbreaker

Orbot supports bridges, but not all of them. What’s worse, the one type they lack is webtunnel, which would’ve likely helped (although, there’s this fork). The option configure 'em was moved into the connection dialog.

Why truck, tho? Is it supposed to be one megabuck in $1 bills or something?

As a long-time infinity user, eternity ftw :)

Not sure about fidesmo, but you can check if your device is apatch-eable, as it reportedly can fool safetynet.

I’m wondering if syncthing in gplay can show some kind of warning that the app is discontinued pointing to use the fork version on f-droid, or, if that’s prohibited by play’s EUFOA (end-user fuckover agreement), discussion on the forums mentioning the existence of said fork… [addit: So, kinda like what termux folks did, but less covertly]

App pinning has an explicit warning that “personal data may be accessible” and “pinned apps may open other apps”. I mean, it’s better than nothing, but I’d prefer not to rely on it anyways.

They’ve explicitly told in there FAQ 0 bytes of info was disclosed. And I suspect whatever they’ve shared with Germans alone wasn’t 7 bits long.

It’s not like they exactly didn’t before: https://www.androidpolice.com/telegram-germany-user-data-surrendered/

Also, nothing said about whether they’re going to start making transparency reports, not that I’ve expected anything else from this crapshow of a messenger…

They’re more secure (albeit in many wsys security through obscurity) than private, although the privacy aspect is probably among the best you can get by default as far as I can tell. On the other hand, if you’re willing to do some relatively simple steps and buy specific hardware, you can achieve better privacy and security on both mobile (graphene) and desktop (qubes) devices.

I personally dislike them for building unrepareable crap, tho.