Should we switch over to from whatsapp to telegram.org?

Posted by dhrp on Saturday February 22, 2014 @03:11AM
from the self-post dept.

Telegram app (telegram.org) is apparently is safer and more open than WhatsApp. If we really care about open communication such important infrastructure should really not be a service but more of a protocol. It should never be worth as much as Facebook paid for it.

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Re:Should we switch over to from whatsapp to telegram.org? by zoowar on Saturday February 22, 2014 @04:29AM (#7281546)

Telegram is a centralized service. Also, consider this http://www.cryptofails.com/post/70546720222/telegrams-crypta...

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Re:Should we switch over to from whatsapp to telegram.org? by desipenguin on Saturday February 22, 2014 @12:25PM (#7282736)

Disclaimer : I'm neither of Whatsapp not Telegram (I resisted being on FB for longest time, even now - I occasionally visit FB)

I think importance of "Social Networks" is based on the user base. So while security is important - if you are the only person on such social network, what does it matter ? You can't "share stuff" cause there aren't enough people there. So moving to telegram makes sense only when enough of "your friends/family/relatives" are there.

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Re:Should we switch over to from whatsapp to telegram.org? by prateekkhare on Saturday February 22, 2014 @03:38AM (#7281442)

I have :) http://wp.me/pqEwh-2x

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Re:Should we switch over to from whatsapp to telegram.org? by dhrp on Saturday February 22, 2014 @03:13AM (#7281381)

I'm looking for arguments about whether we should switch over to a platform that is open.

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Re:Should we switch over to from whatsapp to telegram.org? by ernst on Saturday February 22, 2014 @03:33PM (#7283467)

what I don't understand is that they're both down / offline for the last 30 minutes.

are they hosted on the same platform?

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Re:Should we switch over to from whatsapp to telegram.org? by phantom_oracle on Tuesday February 25, 2014 @09:34PM (#7302437)

Strangely, they could all be running on AWS, which wouldn't surprise me...

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Re:Should we switch over to from whatsapp to telegram.org? by ShaneCurran on Sunday February 23, 2014 @11:33AM (#7286403)

Heml.is looks promising - if it ever launches

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Re:Should we switch over to from whatsapp to telegram.org? by dylanhassinger on Saturday February 22, 2014 @04:22AM (#7281529)

works for me so far

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