WhatsApp is blocking Telegram links

Post by electic » Tue, Dec 01, 2015, 6:58 PM UTC

kpcyrd wrote: post #131

mikek wrote: post #109

WhatsApp is not linkifying Telegram URLs, but Telegram is not even sending messages that are shared from WhatsApp. Telegram is open source, so you can see for yourself here. https://github.com/DrKLO/Telegram/blob/74def22213846b1f90a26... On line 666: if (sendingText.contains("WhatsApp")) { //who needs this sent from ...? sendingText = null; }

The commit that introduced this: https://github.com/DrKLO/Telegram/commit/a93d2994842ef694442... > Showing 208 changed files with 5,479 additions and 1,841 deletions. It looks like they squash all their commits and just push one big diff for each update. This isn't really what I've expect from a product that advertises itself as open source security software.

Post by superuser2 » Tue, Dec 01, 2015, 7:08 PM UTC

plusquamperfekt wrote: post #77

Khao wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I want something to replace Hangouts, WhatsApp and Messenger and Telegram fits the bill while it looks to me like Signal doesn't. My Telegram account can be synced on multiple PCs and devices, while Signal seems to be phone only.

Maybe for a synching feature it would be necessary to compromise on security of the data. The data is asymmetrically encrypted - so you'd have to synch it yourself by sending the data encrypted with you second phones key or you'd have to copy the private key itself. But I guess it would be possible. Though I don't miss this feature anyway.

Post by kpcyrd » Tue, Dec 01, 2015, 7:22 PM UTC

electic wrote: post #132

kpcyrd wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The commit that introduced this: https://github.com/DrKLO/Telegram/commit/a93d2994842ef694442... > Showing 208 changed files with 5,479 additions and 1,841 deletions. It looks like they squash all their commits and just push one big diff for each update. This isn't really what I've expect from a product that advertises itself as open source security software.

As far as I know, Telegram does not have an official repo. These seem to be updates taken from Telegram's open source page and uploaded to GitHub. You can find the official source code files here: https://telegram.org/apps

Post by schwap » Tue, Dec 01, 2015, 7:28 PM UTC

plusquamperfekt wrote: post #78

rms_returns wrote: post #76

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We have many like Google plus, twitter, linkedin, reddit and even hacker news (catering to a specific niche). Problem here is that too many people whom we may call "less tech savvy" won't leave FB. So, in order to stay "compatible" with them, we need to keep our FB accounts active!

- Google plus: that would be kind of pointless, wouldn't it? - LinkedIn: The worst of the worst ... :D - HN / Reddit / Twitter: How do you share pictures privately with friends? (to name one necessary feature)

Post by pjc50 » Tue, Dec 01, 2015, 8:06 PM UTC

seagreen wrote: post #100

plusquamperfekt wrote: post #62

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We need a competitor to FB ... sadly options like Diaspora are very problematic b/c you need to either run a server or trust a private person with it.

This is a great comment, because it leads in right to the heart of the problem. Why is running a server so hard? This is actually really weird -- the cloud should mean that you can set up a server with a single click. Of course, a Linux VPS needs a fair amount of love (fiddling with settings, updating, and so on). But there are other ways: https://sandstorm.io/