Telegram, part trois
No response from Telegram support to my question about contact permissions. Hm.
I guess I now get to decide whether I want to let it back on my phone, when I’m reasonably certain it’s scraping new data or someone is actively misusing the contact identification features of the app. I guess I need to assess whether I’m prepared for it to out my private profile to more family and coworkers before proceeding.
Not an easy decision to make, but I might just say fuck it.
Telegram, part trois
I am not out to family or out at work. My leading presumption is that (a) the Mormon branch of my family will become extremely aggressive, (b) it’s career-limiting to have a furry identity known by coworkers in my field, and (c) it makes it very difficult for me to share personal thoughts not endorsed by my employer.
Re-evaluating these, I think I might... finally be in a position in which I can weather them okay, when and if they happen?
re: Telegram, part trois
@Goldkin Okay so like... why is B a thing, I thought infosec was presumed super furry, and C supposing someone did see your Telegram profile, it sounds super invasive for them to then seek out anything where you've said disparaging things from your name??
re: Telegram, part trois
@Taylor B isn’t an issue at my current employer. The industry and area at large still have a long way to go in terms of inclusiveness, so it affects mobility.
C is covered by nondisparagement clauses, including one I signed (note how I never talk about my employer directly?). Other orgs have invasive data monitoring practices that they run to check for legal and flight risks from the company, but thankfully my current org does not.
re: Telegram, part trois
@Taylor So this is mostly me evaluating how safe it is to mingle the data, knowing that the industry I work in might still not be safe. I want to switch industries when I finally make the jump, but I’m not sure if that’ll be viable in the US for some time. So, decisions.
Telegram, part trois
On principal, this should not be a decision I need to make because a popular mobile messaging app is becoming more grabby with data. But that being the reality of it, and with the reality being that many friends use it, I might be able to tolerate this.
I’ll have to think about this more, though.