How can I discourage my dad to install Telegram?

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How can I discourage my dad to install Telegram?

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Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 months ago

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Maybe suggest the install a fork instead, extragram and ayugram are pretty nice.

Just make sure they understand that telegram is a social network like tiktok or Facebook and not a secure chat application.

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