I never considered Telegram to be safe or private, but it was too convenient for semi-normies to get them to use anything else. This is what someone recommend, but someone also commented that Session is likely compromised and a honeypot: >Briar "Censorship-resistant peer-to-peer messaging that bypasses centralized servers. Connect via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or Tor, with privacy built-in." >Session "Session is an end-to-end encrypted messenger that minimises sensitive metadata, designed and built for people who want absolute privacy and freedom from any form of surveillance." >XMPP The original 25 year old open-source instant messaging standard. Settin up an own Matrix server with Element would also be great, but might be a bit too complicated.