“How do I choose not to share my account information with Facebook?”

Re:“How do I choose not to share my account information with... by krelian on Thursday August 25, 2016 @12:26PM (#12360318)

Who finances Telegram? Who pays for the serves?

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Re:“How do I choose not to share my account information with... by burkaman on Thursday August 25, 2016 @12:40PM (#12360426)

> Pavel Durov, who shares our vision, supplied Telegram with a generous donation through his Digital Fortress fund, so we have quite enough money for the time being. If Telegram runs out, we'll invite our users to donate and add non-essential paid options to break even. But making profits will never be a goal for Telegram.

- https://telegram.org/faq#q-how-are-you-going-to-make-money-o...

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Re:“How do I choose not to share my account information with... by eatbitseveryday on Thursday August 25, 2016 @09:45PM (#12363816)

Who funds their "crack our encryption" contest[1]? I imagine also the same pot?

[1] https://telegram.org/blog/cryptocontest

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Re:“How do I choose not to share my account information with... by burkaman on Friday August 26, 2016 @10:20AM (#12366438)

Yeah, I think the "pot" might just be Pavel's bank account. He also recently offered to fund $1 million of grants: https://telegram.org/blog/botprize. I assume he announced the Crypto Contest and hoped/assumed nobody would win.

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Re:“How do I choose not to share my account information with... by Phlarp on Thursday August 25, 2016 @12:54PM (#12360542)

Mostly? The Kremlin...

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Re:“How do I choose not to share my account information with... by JustSomeNobody on Thursday August 25, 2016 @12:43PM (#12360436)

It's all in their FAQ.

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