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Re:Telegram Desktop reaches version 1.0 by rampage101 on Thursday January 12, 2017 @07:03AM (#13381592)
Interesting because the friend who told me about Telegram said it was more secure other messengers.

Does anybody know how many users are on Telegram and who owns them? Can you invest in them?

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Re:Telegram Desktop reaches version 1.0 by FabHK on Thursday January 12, 2017 @07:18AM (#13381662)
Founded by Russian founder of VKontakte, Pavel Durov. I believe they're now headquartered in Germany.

See Wikipedia and https://www.securemessagingapps.com

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Re:Telegram Desktop reaches version 1.0 by konart on Thursday January 12, 2017 @07:36AM (#13381723)
Pavel Durov is the founder (after he left Russia).

As for numbers: http://www.businessofapps.com/telegram-statistics-and-revenu...

https://telegram.org/blog/100-million https://telegram.org/blog/15-billion

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Re:Telegram Desktop reaches version 1.0 by akvadrako on Thursday January 12, 2017 @11:45AM (#13383735)
That's because it's how they sell themselves. From their homepage:

> Telegram is a cloud-based mobile and desktop messaging app with a focus on security and speed.

Unfortunately, it tricks a lot of people.

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