Telegram [multi-platform instant messaging]
Telegram [multi-platform instant messaging]
Description: Telegram is like SMS, but more powerful. You can send messages, photos, videos and documents to people who are in your phone contacts (and have Telegram). You can also create groups for up to 200 people.
It's open source, secure and comes with an API that I have been told is fairly simple to utilise.
Link: https://telegram.org/
It's open source, secure and comes with an API that I have been told is fairly simple to utilise.
Link: https://telegram.org/
Re: Telegram
Being OSS, Telegram can even be sideloaded in an alternative build without the non-free components -- for info, have a look at https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.telegram.messenger/...
So, bye, bye, Whatsapp and Viber...
So, bye, bye, Whatsapp and Viber...
Re: Telegram
Thanks for posting this, Guinness.
Re: Telegram
No problems. There are still a few issues with connection loss being intermittent, but I can't complain as it's free.I am Baas wrote:Thanks for posting this, Guinness.
Telegram
Telegram - for messaging (like Skype).
Homesite: https://telegram.org
Download portable version: https://tdesktop.com/win/portable
(there are versions for Android, iPhone/iPad, WinPhone, PC/Mac/Linux, also web-version).
@Softpedia: http://softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE-SOFTW ... ktop.shtml
Interesting post: http://new.office-watch.com/2015/safely ... aging-apps
Homesite: https://telegram.org
Download portable version: https://tdesktop.com/win/portable
(there are versions for Android, iPhone/iPad, WinPhone, PC/Mac/Linux, also web-version).
@Softpedia: http://softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE-SOFTW ... ktop.shtml
Interesting post: http://new.office-watch.com/2015/safely ... aging-apps
Re: Telegram
It's cool. When guiness posted initially, it went into the Resources subforum probably because it was just inside a web-only tool back then.Nh wrote:Mea culpa.
Some very interesting stuff packed into this.
Re: Telegram
Old thread update:
No massive new features here, but I was pleased to see an active, open project with fairly regular updates:
http://www.softpedia.com/progChangelog/ ... 48423.html
No massive new features here, but I was pleased to see an active, open project with fairly regular updates:
http://www.softpedia.com/progChangelog/ ... 48423.html
Re: Telegram
Still seems portable!
Re: Telegram
Few additional notes from research over this last week:
- There is a 1.5 gig file send capacity. I haven't tested the speed but that's very impressive https://telegram.org/blog/shared-files
- It's not fully GPL'd:
https://telegram.org/faq#q-why-not-open ... everything - It's restricted (even on the web interface) to people who have a phone number they want to share. I found the inability to use any other form of authorization somewhat limiting.
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That's one of the reasons why I have shied away from using Telegram. Even though they support a username system, they still require a phone number.webfork wrote:It's restricted (even on the web interface) to people who have a phone number they want to share. I found the inability to use any other form of authorization somewhat limiting.
is it stealth?
Re: Telegram
I agree that it would be preferable not to require a phone number; but with smartphones being the next frontier of computing the scramble is on for market share and Telegram is on that race, too, although it's not by far the biggest contender (see article below). Yet, at least it is still open source...
- WhatsApp Vs Telegram: Should You Switch To Telegram?
http://www.guidingtech.com/27347/whatsapp-vs-telegram/
- Mobile Messaging Clients Compared
www.techspot.com /article/776-messaging-clients-compared/
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Re: Telegram
I would recommend checking out EFF's Secure Messenging rundown:
https://www.eff.org/secure-messaging-scorecard
https://www.eff.org/secure-messaging-scorecard
is it stealth?
Re: Telegram
Thanks for the pointer, freakzoid, it was not on my radar...freakazoid wrote:I would recommend checking out EFF's Secure Messenging rundown:
https://www.eff.org/secure-messaging-scorecard
Judging only from it, one is glad to find Telegram among the best -- amidst ChatSecure/Orbot, CryptoCat, Pidgin, Signal/RedPhone, Silent Phone/Text, and TextSecure.