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Is telegram also blocked, I think it sounds like a good alternative that people can use now, if it's not already blocked.

skrowl 10y ago
Telegram gets hit hard every time WhatsApp gets blocked in Brazil. It's happened 2x before (at least).
raverbashing 10y ago
"Sorry, Brazil! Your mobile networks can't process as many verification SMS as we're sending them. Over a million users joined, more waiting" https://twitter.com/telegram/status/727200237308227585 https://twitter.com/telegram/status/727200237308227585
ex3ndr 10y ago
Some brazil users started to - Actor (actor.im) Disclaimer: CEO of Actor and Ex-Telegram employee.
- julioneander 10y ago
  That app looks really cool! I was looking at the Actor Developer Hub, there is a guide explaining how to install an Actor Server. Does that mean that Actor is decentralized? How does that work?
  - ex3ndr 10y ago
    We are working on it, right now servers are not connected together. We are planning to integrate with Matrix.org.
    - sschueller 10y ago
      Any ETA on that? I would be huge.
      - ex3ndr 10y ago
        Sorry, but not ETA yet :( If you know good scala developers that wish to join us to implement this then it will be faster.
uph 10y ago
A better alternative would be Signal https://whispersystems.org/ https://whispersystems.org/ Telegram is a terrible alternative. Messages aren't even end to end encrypted by default and they're kept accessible on Telegrams servers. See the recent news on how a russian activists Telegram account got hacked giving them access to all stored messages: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2016/04/30/russia-telegram-hack/ https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2016/04/30/russia-telegram-h... Also this: Thomas H. Ptacek: By default Telegram stores the PLAINTEXT of EVERY MESSAGE every user has ever sent or received on THEIR SERVER. Edward Snowden: I respect @durov, but Ptacek is right: @telegram's defaults are dangerous. Without a major update, it's unsafe. https://twitter.com/tqbf/status/678065993587945472 https://twitter.com/tqbf/status/678065993587945472 https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/678271881242374144 https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/678271881242374144 https://twitter.com/moxie/status/678219238394298372 https://twitter.com/moxie/status/678219238394298372 https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/678274362609426432 https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/678274362609426432 And the response from Pavel where he admits that security isn't a priority https://twitter.com/durov/status/678305311921410048 https://twitter.com/durov/status/678305311921410048
- tashkent 10y ago
  Sounds Telegram is the type of messaging system that the judge would like Brazil to use.
- julioneander 10y ago
  I agree that Signal would be a better alternative, I've been trying to convince my family to use it over WhatsApp. But wouldn't Signal be vulnerable to this type of block too, as they are centralized?

skrowl 10y ago

Telegram gets hit hard every time WhatsApp gets blocked in Brazil. It's happened 2x before (at least).

raverbashing 10y ago

"Sorry, Brazil! Your mobile networks can't process as many verification SMS as we're sending them. Over a million users joined, more waiting" https://twitter.com/telegram/status/727200237308227585 https://twitter.com/telegram/status/727200237308227585

ex3ndr 10y ago

Some brazil users started to - Actor (actor.im) Disclaimer: CEO of Actor and Ex-Telegram employee.

julioneander 10y ago
That app looks really cool! I was looking at the Actor Developer Hub, there is a guide explaining how to install an Actor Server. Does that mean that Actor is decentralized? How does that work?
- ex3ndr 10y ago
  We are working on it, right now servers are not connected together. We are planning to integrate with Matrix.org.
  - sschueller 10y ago
    Any ETA on that? I would be huge.
    - ex3ndr 10y ago
      Sorry, but not ETA yet :( If you know good scala developers that wish to join us to implement this then it will be faster.

uph 10y ago

A better alternative would be Signal https://whispersystems.org/ https://whispersystems.org/ Telegram is a terrible alternative. Messages aren't even end to end encrypted by default and they're kept accessible on Telegrams servers. See the recent news on how a russian activists Telegram account got hacked giving them access to all stored messages: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2016/04/30/russia-telegram-hack/ https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2016/04/30/russia-telegram-h... Also this: Thomas H. Ptacek: By default Telegram stores the PLAINTEXT of EVERY MESSAGE every user has ever sent or received on THEIR SERVER. Edward Snowden: I respect @durov, but Ptacek is right: @telegram's defaults are dangerous. Without a major update, it's unsafe. https://twitter.com/tqbf/status/678065993587945472 https://twitter.com/tqbf/status/678065993587945472 https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/678271881242374144 https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/678271881242374144 https://twitter.com/moxie/status/678219238394298372 https://twitter.com/moxie/status/678219238394298372 https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/678274362609426432 https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/678274362609426432 And the response from Pavel where he admits that security isn't a priority https://twitter.com/durov/status/678305311921410048 https://twitter.com/durov/status/678305311921410048

tashkent 10y ago
Sounds Telegram is the type of messaging system that the judge would like Brazil to use.
julioneander 10y ago
I agree that Signal would be a better alternative, I've been trying to convince my family to use it over WhatsApp. But wouldn't Signal be vulnerable to this type of block too, as they are centralized?