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I wonder how do they handle DRM content in the open-source version of Telegram - Telegram Desktop (https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop https://github.co
by Croftengea 5y ago
I wonder how do they handle DRM content in the open-source version of Telegram - Telegram Desktop (https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop).
Also, Telegram Desktop is licensed under GPLv3, which is an anti-DRM license. Something doesn't add up here...
- mimsee 5y agoThe editorialized title says DRM but I believe "protected content" in this context means restricting the sharing and screenshotting of content in the app via normal measures, not that they applied tons of cryptography like more a mainstream meaning of DRM would.
- fsflover 5y agoDRM does not mean "tons of cryptography" and never did. It means anything restricting users' freedom to do what they want with the data.
- yuuta 5y agoNo. DRM is meant to protect copyrights, but Telegram's intend was to protect private messages from being forwarded to the public, which has nothing to do with copyrights.
- fsflover 5y agoDRM is an instrument, which can protect anything. If you apply it elsewhere, it does not stop being DRM.
- Croftengea 5y agoI see, thanks. So the title is totally misleading then.
- Gigachad 5y agoTelegram has a ToS which blocks any client which does not comply with the same restrictions as the app. They have used it in the past to block apps which do not send the "seen" status on messages.