Funny thing: when I send 'https://telegram.org' the receiver got it as a hyperlink. But on my phone it remain in plain text.
(I just tried with my colleague)
WhatsApp is blocking Telegram links
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Re: WhatsApp is blocking Telegram links
#12Whatsapp (facebook) is not the only the only company keen on censoring. Airbnb chat also censors messages. Typically when you try to give your number or whatsapp or some link.
I would think that's so communication is kept and recorded by Airbnb, for legal reasons.
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#14My suspicion woud be that they triggered some automated anti-spam system. Intentionally blocking your competitor in this situation doesn't seem like a good idea, it mostly generates publicity for them.
The Android APKs have been decompiled which confirmed this was completely intentional: http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/12/01/whatsapp-is-blocking... > The smoking gun is a pattern match performed on any URL string that begins with the word 'telegram.' In the most recent version of the app, these strings are classified as a "bad host," so that no hyperlink is generated and it becomes impossible to copy or forward an…
Maybe times have changed and these things are now included in the dex file, but that doesn't seem to be a verbatim decompiler output to me.
Local variable names aren't normally stored in an APK, they're just refereed to by register numbers. For instance, I wouldn't expect to see "for(Pattern badHost : BAD_HOSTS)" (specifically the badHost) - last time I checked, this information would be lost during compilation.
I'm not suggesting that the code is falsified - the person that decompiled it probably just guessed at some variable names and re-factored to make it more readable. It just stood out to me, so I thought it was worth mentioning.
Re: WhatsApp is blocking Telegram links
#15Whatsapp (facebook) is not the only the only company keen on censoring. Airbnb chat also censors messages. Typically when you try to give your number or whatsapp or some link.
I would think that's so communication is kept and recorded by Airbnb, for legal reasons.
You would think that is the reason, and not the fact that their matching service can only appropriate value into the company if the two peers being matched can not effectively coordinate themselves?
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would think that's so communication is kept and recorded by Airbnb, for legal reasons.
You would think that is the reason, and not the fact that their matching service can only appropriate value into the company if the two peers being matched can not effectively coordinate themselves?
That's plausible, except when you do it that way there's a really great chance you'll be screwed over. Airbnb can protect its users to some degree, it's up to you whether you want to use it or not.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
The Android APKs have been decompiled which confirmed this was completely intentional: http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/12/01/whatsapp-is-blocking... > The smoking gun is a pattern match performed on any URL string that begins with the word 'telegram.' In the most recent version of the app, these strings are classified as a "bad host," so that no hyperlink is generated and it becomes impossible to copy or forward an…
Maybe times have changed and these things are now included in the dex file, but that doesn't seem to be a verbatim decompiler output to me. Local variable names aren't normally stored in an APK, they're just refereed to by register numbers. For instance, I wouldn't expect to see "for(Pattern badHost : BAD_HOSTS)" (specifically the badHost) - last time I checked, this information would be lost during compilation. I'm…
That's only true if you choose to obfuscate your code on android. I recently decompiled an apk and all variables/function names were perfectly readable
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#18I use both whatsapp and telegram.. with whatsapp being the majority of my messaging, I'd been a little apprehensive since the facebook takeover, but haven't changed my usage habits. This was exactly what it took for me to start pushing my friends to telegram.
> pushing my friends to telegram
Do you have any suggestions on how to do that? The People I know either think Whatsapp is gods gift to mankind and won't switch or they can't use anything else because the people they interact with think it's gods gift to mankind and won't switch. I find it pretty hard to break that cycle.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe times have changed and these things are now included in the dex file, but that doesn't seem to be a verbatim decompiler output to me. Local variable names aren't normally stored in an APK, they're just refereed to by register numbers. For instance, I wouldn't expect to see "for(Pattern badHost : BAD_HOSTS)" (specifically the badHost) - last time I checked, this information would be lost during compilation. I'm…
That's only true if you choose to obfuscate your code on android. I recently decompiled an apk and all variables/function names were perfectly readable
Even variable names? I know that class/method/field names are visible, but I didn't think that local variable names were. I can't see a reason for them to be, aside from debugging... and presumably they're not shipping a debug build.
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#20I saw this pop up on /r/android yesterday and it made me and a couple friends sign up for Telegram, so I guess good job whatsapp on pushing more people towards Telegram. Streisand effect in action!