Is Telegram safer than WhatsApp?
This article compares the encryption of Telegram and WhatsApp. It includes a comparison of their underlying systems, messages and metadata at rest, end-to-end encryption, and more. In April 2018, a French regulator ordered WhatsApp to stop collecting user data outside of its jurisdiction. The same month, Facebook acquired the messaging app Telegram. In this article, we discuss why it might be time to switch to Telegram if you are concerned about privacy rights. Both services encrypt messages in transit as well as on their servers, but some differences in their underlying systems can lead to differences in the protection of your information. WhatsApp has an additional layer of encryption for their messages at rest, which only comes into play when your phone is turned off or disconnected from the internet (e.g., in aeroplane mode). This means that there is a single point where your message is not encrypted, which would be useful for law enforcement if they were given access by WhatsApp