Telegram Desktop reaches version 1.0

Re:Telegram Desktop reaches version 1.0 by dchest on Thursday January 12, 2017 @07:50AM (#13381786)

If you're interested in learning how to implement end-to-end chats with multiple devices, checkout out Wire security whitepaper (https://wire.com/resource/Wire%20Security%20Whitepaper/downl...) for one way of doing it.

Hopefully, OpenWhisperSystems will release documentation about their implementation in Signal (note: it doesn't require phone, unlike WhatsApp)

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Re:Telegram Desktop reaches version 1.0 by nicolapcweek94 on Thursday January 12, 2017 @08:08AM (#13381883)

Thanks! Will definitely read this.

I got fooled by Signal's requirement of a phone for the activation and thought it was also required for normal usage, I guess that's better than Whatsapp, though being able to register and use it without a phone at all would be even better (even Telegram doesn't do this though, IIRC it requires a phone number)

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Re:Telegram Desktop reaches version 1.0 by nickik on Thursday January 12, 2017 @08:40AM (#13382074)

You can just use a one time VoiP phone number if you want to use Signal without your real phone number. That's not optimal, but its pretty neat.

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Re:Telegram Desktop reaches version 1.0 by dchest on Thursday January 12, 2017 @01:16PM (#13384646)

Agreed on phone numbers. Speaking of Wire, it doesn't require them.

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