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Re:Telegram gains 1M users after Whatsapp ban by akerro on Thursday December 17, 2015 @06:58AM (#10750952)
>They now have a desktop app

It sit on the top of a close-source browser...

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Re:Telegram gains 1M users after Whatsapp ban by exo762 on Thursday December 17, 2015 @07:08AM (#10750985)
Chromium? No more closed source blobs [0]

[0]: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/06/26/googles_not_listenin...

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Re:Telegram gains 1M users after Whatsapp ban by sneak on Thursday December 17, 2015 @07:42AM (#10751113)
No it doesn't. If you're going to wave this flag, you should be complaining about the management controller inside of your CPU (presuming you are already running an open source OS).
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Re:Telegram gains 1M users after Whatsapp ban by akerro on Thursday December 17, 2015 @07:54AM (#10751167)
>you should be complaining about the management controller inside of your CPU

And I am! I can't wait for Novena! Also notice a difference. Having a close-sourced CPU is different than having a close-source browser which has much more possibilities to compromise you. It can start camera, microphone, read disk files, locate you and transmit everything to "cloud".

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Re:Telegram gains 1M users after Whatsapp ban by oceanofsolaris on Thursday December 17, 2015 @07:17AM (#10751010)
You can also use it with chromium, which is open source.
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Re:Telegram gains 1M users after Whatsapp ban by akerro on Thursday December 17, 2015 @07:39AM (#10751099)
Which downloads blobs from google when you're not looking...
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