Re:Telegram gets 3M new signups during Facebook apps’ outage
by oda on Thursday March 14, 2019 @08:39AM
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> Signal is way worse because it requires you to have the cellphone always on.
Bullcrap. Signal works fine on data alone. I have Tasker automatically turn on airplane mode when I'm on WiFi and it's never caused me to miss a Signal message.
Re:Telegram gets 3M new signups during Facebook apps’ outage
by detaro on Thursday March 14, 2019 @09:27AM
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No it doesn't. you only need the phone for the initial link.
Re:Telegram gets 3M new signups during Facebook apps’ outage
by kome on Thursday March 14, 2019 @10:02AM
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so, yeah, every time you open your desktop you need a cellphone
Re:Telegram gets 3M new signups during Facebook apps’ outage
by newscracker on Thursday March 14, 2019 @11:52AM
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Maybe you're thinking of WhatsApp, which requires the phone to be around. Signal Desktop doesn't need the phone to be around once you've finished linking the desktop to your account (which is one time). From the second time onwards, you could as well leave your phone turned off and/or in a different country and Signal Desktop would still work fine.
With Telegram you need a phone number to sign-in and then you can forget about it, and use it just on desktop/laptop. You can set a password as a 2 factor authentication (1st: sms or code to another telegram client 2nd: password).