@whitequark @mcc isn't Telegram's e2e also entirely homegrown and not audited
@whitequark @mcc I mean it's probably better than nothing, which is what I'm using currently (in Telegram, for all it's failings at least it has a goddamn desktop app)
@whitequark @mcc @noiob Telegram's a complicated one for this:
- Global servers for most users
- all EU users use servers in NL due to GDPR
- Legal registration is in the Virgin Islands, so British territory
- Operational headquarters in UAE
- Russian-born founders
- One founder lives in St Kitts & Nevis which is British territory (King Charles is head of state)
- The other founder lives in the UAE and also holds French citizenship
@mcc @whitequark @noiob afaik they've never specifically said where, but the gist seems to be "distributed geographically across the world"