A lot of privacy guides suggest avoiding Telegram. I understand that in its default mode there’s no E2EE (and no E2EE for groups at all). If people I know don’t wanttko use Signal, isn’t Telegram the lesser evil given it’s nicer privacy policy (than other popular ones)?
Say I use the FOSS version of it.
Yes, it does. You can try it. Respond to my comment (some people are getting annoyed) with the same bot name + a short time (like 5 minutes). You’ll get a notification in your inbox.