WeChat – and Facebook listens
Tencent is dominating China's business and social platforms, and for good reason.
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WeChat – and Facebook listens
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I have switched to Telegram. It offers secure chat between two parties as an option. http://telegram.org/dl
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Except the crypto they use, they built themselves instead of using an accepted standard/protocol. I wouldn't trust it yet, I have got Telegram and I like the idea, the secret chats are also pretty nice but I'm still sceptical.
They use proprietary protocol to establish secure communication, but pretty standard cryptography. For secure chat there is no copy left on the server, communication is strictly peer to peer. With middleman elimination process there is little of chance that the message is intercepted and decrypted. I would say, it is very secure.
Same here. If you remove WhatsApp from your phone, does it remove you from the whatsapp contact list on other peoples phone also so they can see you dont use WhatsApp anymore?
Most people I chat to have switched to Telegram now, but worried those that I dont talk to that frequently send me a WhatsApp and then I dont get it. Maybe best to just leave WhatsApp installed for a bit longer.
I don't think it does, although I'm not sure.
I intend to delete my subscription, not just delete the app. Don't know if that will make a difference.
I think most of the code is open and available, so if something fishy was going on in there someone should have picked it up by now.
It is quasi open. There are libraries for third-party software developers, but not a source code. But they say it will be released in future. Official apps are not proprietary, but there are selected from number of third party developers.
Telegram has a few nice features which even WhatsApp does not offer, like:
-It runs on my tablet
-It runs on my PC
-I can set different notification sounds for different people
Maybe MyBB should stop trying to make WeChat happen and write something about Telegram
-It runs on my tablet
-It runs on my PC
-I can set different notification sounds for different people
Maybe MyBB should stop trying to make WeChat happen and write something about Telegram
Telegram has a few nice features which even WhatsApp does not offer, like:
-It runs on my tablet
-It runs on my PC
-I can set different notification sounds for different people
Maybe MyBB should stop trying to make WeChat happen and write something about Telegram
I did try wechat. Did not like it. The fact that it is a Chinese app does not appeal to me either. Cant help that most hardware is made in China these days, but I definitely wont use Chinese software if I can help it.
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No problem, lets talk about Telegram.
Seriously, I learned about Telegram as the best alternative to Whatsapp from MyBB news article
Ah yes, I actually forgot about that. Its nice to see Telegram being mentioned as an alternative.