Charlie Robinson from the Macroaggressions Podcast asked me if Telegram is private. The answer is nuanced, as only a select few members of the Telegram team have the ability to access encrypted messages.
As always I will champion XMPP, a 20 year old decentralized communications protocol.
Listen to the full interview here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7LT01ik57YaWscd3jOl5g2