How can I safely share image/GIF?

I want to share a picture or GIF with my friend on Telegram, but I don't want to do it directly. What can I use?

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Take a picture with a polaroid and post it to an image board you both share in the same house.

Use Signal and if you both are happy with it, dump that garbage app 😂
- Signal is better than telegram but just a little bit. Honestly people should be using Signal if anything as it is better than many other popular platforms like WhatsApp and regular SMS.
- Signal is centralized. I don't like it.
  
  Isn't Telegram also centralized?
  
  Then use matrix

Define "safely". That means different things to different people.
Telegram has their secure chat, which is fully E2E.
- Only on mobile, and hidden opt-in
  Better drop that BS platform
- It does, but it's in a very malicious fashion. You need to activate something called "Secret Chat" for a given chat conversation. Only then is it E2EE. Otherwise, it's unencrypted like discord n stuff.
- I'm going to come off as retarded but I have to ask: when did Signal get this bad rep? I remember not too long ago that it and Telegram were praised for their privacy practices. What happened for that to change?
  
  Signal requires a phone number. I'm not sure about telegram
- I don't trust telegram because they have closed servers.
  
  And you still haven't answered the question.
  Define safely. We really can't help until we known what you're trying to do

Not on the Internet. Convert the gif to dvd. Then burn the dvd. Then give to your friend and burn the dvd again.

OnionShare is an open-source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network.
- This is actually the right answer for this persons usecase

IP over Avian Carrier

Isn't matrix supposed to be end to end encrypted and all that? Your old posts won't even be visible to someone who takes your account IIRC.
- Yea, but it's severely under polished
  
  One lady I know called it "haunted as fuck"
- Matrix is only end to end encrypted if you turn on end to end encryption. I've personally had nothing but issues with its encryption.

So you want to encrypt it?
- Maybe
  
  You can 7-zip it with a password. That's pretty simple to do and use - you only need an archiving program that supports it and can send that file and share the password.

Use a messenger that only sends messages encrypted e2e, such as Wire

You could share a link to the image if you hosted a drive or photo sharing service yourself. Otherwise, I guess there's Signal or telegram secret chats.

Do not use Telegram, use Simplex instead✌
- simplex is a relatively new chat app but it's evolving pretty fast, i suggest it too, but it has several bug and missing feature that need to be fixed and added in order to make it like a standard chat application
  the call will close if you go back to the chat (they should fix that in the next version)
  it does not ring while you call
  it can only be synced to a one desktop via the wifi
  it has only local notification system (due to security reasons)
  the calls are pretty susceptible to the line stability
  but seems the only real secure chat app out there, you can check out the roadmap in the description of GitHub
  https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat
  
  I've never gotten a successful call so count yourself lucky. Honestly Simplex chat is to centralized but for now its a stable alternative to signal.
- Why are you down voting xiao ? Am i missing something ?
  
  I have used SimpleX Chat for a few months and the following made me switch to XMPP:
  It literally drains my battery on my Google Pixel 6a with GrapheneOS. I had to charge my phone 1 time per day. Before and now after, I only need charge my phone 1 per 2 days.
  It is "impossible" for me to connect SimpleX Chat on Linux. Haven't tried on Windows because I don't use that shit due to privacy reasons.
  If you're in a voice call and goes back from the call to send something in the chat (like a picture), the call will end. You are not allowed to use the chat while you're in a call in SimpleX Chat.
  
  Did not vote anything yet, just noticed you replied to my message 👍

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