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That explains all the new Telegram contacts :P
by l1ghthouse 6y ago
That explains all the new Telegram contacts :P
- m-p-3 6y agoIt makes me sad those aren't new Signal users :(
- adamcstephens 6y agoSignal needs to up its game. The experience is very far from being as polished as Telegram.
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- noarchy 6y agoI wish Telegram secret conversations carried over to multiple devices. This is a thing I don't have to worry about with Signal or WhatsApp.
- danalloway 6y agothat tells you a little something about how their encryption keys work :)
- elcomet 6y agoWhatsApp secret conversations don't carry either over multiple devices if you don't activate sync with google drive (which kind of defeats the purpose of encryption anyway).
- l1ghthouse 6y agoHow iMessage does it: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/security/sec70e68c949/1/web/1 https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/security/sec70e68c949/...
- fullstop 6y agoIs Signal's desktop experience still an electron app?
- vips7L 6y agoYep, it's still terrible, and still refuses to load non-encrypted messages for you.
- the_lucifer 6y agoI just got onto Telegram this week and was pleasantly surprised to see completely native apps across iOS, iPadOS and a full featured native Mac OS X app.
- Taylor_OD 6y agoYup. I used Signal for several years but moved away from it. It just was not a great product.
- l1ghthouse 6y agoI know Telegram is less secure and Secret Chats are an opt-in. Security-wise Signal would be better... but: Signal experience isn't that good. Alien from the platform they run on. For example, no system recommendations to send this person a message or share something with them through signal.. Telegram is more a platform native and integrated into the system. Also there is the issue of messages arriving late (not minutes but hours late, sometimes days late)
- schmorptron 6y agoOn android, I see signal right next to all of the other messaging apps when sharing a photo or some other type of supported file.
- Raphmedia 6y agoExactly. Signal appears in Android's share feature. I have a friend group on it where we send each other funny images and I never had any problems sharing to the group from Chrome or apps.
- l1ghthouse 6y agoMaybe not clear enough normal sharing works yes.. but recommendations of persons to share with in the system share sheets are not working. https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/iphone_share_sheet_suggestions_example.jpg https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/iphone_...
- parliament32 6y agoI can share to Signal or contacts-via-Signal, and have been for years... I think this is a you problem. Signal is honestly fantastic as a SMS-replacement app. It sends Signal messages to contacts with Signal and normal SMS to contacts without (Telegram might do the same thing, being able to set it as your default SMS app, I'm not sure).
- speeder 6y agoIn Brazil this is a GREAT reason to NOT use it. In fact phone operators for a while tried to ban whatsapp here, SMS prices in Brazil are just nuts (it is normal for an SMS cost fifty cents or so, sometimes even more, a full SMS conversation can cost you several days worth of food). Everyone here just uses whatsapp, because of how ridiculous SMS prices are.
- swiley 6y agoI'll switch to signal when they have reproducible builds on iOS.
- kordlessagain 6y agoOh, don't worry the Windows client is still crap as well. A few months ago I couldn't even launch from the Start menu and install was hanging until I found some obscure reference to deleting registry keys, a process which I haven't had to do for years. Back in the old days I was in the registry daily.
- hex-m 6y agoA quick check didn't lead me to a single reproducible iOS app. What are you currently using?
- dheera 6y agoI wish Signal didn't require a phone number, otherwise everything else about it is nice. I don't want to be required to have a phone number, let alone provide it to them.