Taking back our right to privacy
https://telegram.org/
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.telegram.messenger
iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/telegram-messenger/id686449807?mt=8
Windows Phone: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/telegram-messenger/9wzdncrdzhs0
Updates:
v. 3.2.4
Bug fixes
- v. 3.2.3
- Android 6.0 support
- Now on Tap
- Direct Share
- Fingerprint support for Passcodes (Android 6.0 only)
- v. 3.2.0
- Introducing Channels – a great new way to broadcast your messages to unlimited audiences (replaces old Broadcasts).
Read more: https://telegram.org/blog/channels
This application is one of the best encrypted chat applications out right now. Secret messaging and auto self destruct are amazing features.
If you don't like Facebook knowing everything about you through Whatsapp this is the thing to switch to. It feels super slick and fast. It has better options then any other messaging app has at the moment and it's growing bigger and bigger. Hope the community can give the attention this app deserves and makes it the new messaging app on Android/iOS/WP and PC.
THIS APP IS NOT MINE. I just want to give it attention since more people should use this amazing application.
Really good explanation from: Ba7rani123
Many people are ranting that its the same as whatsapp so whats the use ? or Its not really secure because it uses your phone number
To know if an app is secure or not we have to look at 4 things:
- Where is the company based ?
- Who made it ?
- Are the protocols secure ?
- Privacy Policy
- It is as Russian company with servers in British Ivory Islands(which keeps it away from the russian gov and the NSA)
- It was founded by the brothers Nikolai and Pavel Durov who are the founders of VK and are known to support wikileaks and other "pro-privacy" organisations
- It uses their own protocol "MTProto". The company said it would give 200,000 bitcoins to anyone who can find a bug in their protocol. 3 Russion analysts found a few issues and they were given 100,000 and the issues were fixed as soon as possible. Other companies like whatsapp dont care because for many years it has been sending our texts without any encryption and now it uses a very weak type of encryption which can be easily broken by the NSA.
- In their Privacy Policy they strictly show that they will NOT share any data with third parties.
But... Why is it better than Whats app ?
- In normal chats it uses Client/Server and Server/Client encryption(which is considered secure based on many security experts who have analyzed the app), here your chats can be accessed on other devices(by signing in ofcourse) through the cloud
- All Chats are encrypted. It uses its own encryption(MTProto) which was made to have a balance between speed and security.
- In "Secret Chats" the encryption is Client/Client meaning even the builders of this app cannot see your conversations. Here you cannot access them using the could. That's why secret chat isn't used as default
- It is Open-source
- It allows you to send files up to 1GB in size
- Allows you to send documents, zip or rar files
- It has a cloud feature meaning I can access my chats from my computer and other devices, some may see this as insecure.
Cons :
- It uses phone numbers(actually its not a big issue since your phone number is already all over the net !!)
- Its exactly like whats app ? well its more of a Pro than a con because anyone can easily change to this with the above advantages
Conclusion :
Nothing is 100% secure but it is definitely more secure than any other app here. Also, it will remain free according to their FAQ because their goal is PRIVACY. Also, their may be an option to remove the "Last seen" in the future. Their FAQ answers many questions if you have any head over their.
FAQ:
https://telegram.org/faq
Source:
Arabic: https://cyberkov.com/?p=1354
you can use Google translate to read it
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