Just want to point out that telegram has the same security model as email. Google can read all your emails. So can microsoft if you use them. NSA can find its way into those companies.
Do you use email despite it's lack of end-to-end encryption? I would bet that 99% of these privacy people still use email.
>I would bet that 99% of these privacy people still use email.
The question is, what is email being used for? Communicating with people who we don't have private interaction with? Having academic discussion on mailing lists? That stuff doesn't really require confidentiality.
Telegram by default does not utilize end-to-end encryption. You have to start a secret chat with another user. Both of you need to be online at the same time, and there's no support for secret group chats.
All of that to say, I guarantee the majority of Telegram users aren't utilizing E2E-encryption so the Gmail comparison is valid in that light.
Though my counterpoint would be that privacy advocates likely know how to use PGP and use it to securely communicate with fellow privacy advocates via email.
Do you use email despite it's lack of end-to-end encryption? I would bet that 99% of these privacy people still use email.