Wait what? I thought Telegram pretty much was Discord but for people who prefer phones over computers.
Wasn't there also a controversy where some people believed that telegram was private and secure, but that only was for a very limited subset of their features?
Disclaimer: I've only ever installed telegram once for one single person, but promptly removed it afterward for sending out messages to some of my contacts on its own, so I have no clue how it actually works. Feel free to correct or educate me.
I thought Telegram pretty much was Discord but for people who prefer phones over computers.
Not a bad way to look at it, although I think one-on-one messaging is much more common on Telegram compared to discord, which has its “communities” thing as its main use case.
It was a message along the lines of "Your friend Ekky has started using Telegram, say hello to them".
Not sure if it was a notification or a message, but that was very uncanny and definitely felt scammy and abusive. It's not the first time I've seen an app behave this way, though usually the app asks first.
Wasn't there also a controversy where some people believed that telegram was private and secure, but that only was for a very limited subset of their features?
i think you’re thinking of how you have to go out of your way to start a “secret chat” for it to have the touted encryption. those “secret chats” are way less feature-rich than the standard ones though, which sucks ass
There’s definitely the stigma that Telegram is only used by criminals
Here, telegram is effectively used only for piracy.
piracysharingWait what? I thought Telegram pretty much was Discord but for people who prefer phones over computers.
Wasn't there also a controversy where some people believed that telegram was private and secure, but that only was for a very limited subset of their features?
Disclaimer: I've only ever installed telegram once for one single person, but promptly removed it afterward for sending out messages to some of my contacts on its own, so I have no clue how it actually works. Feel free to correct or educate me.
Not a bad way to look at it, although I think one-on-one messaging is much more common on Telegram compared to discord, which has its “communities” thing as its main use case.
Automatically sending messages to your contacts?? Someone might have access to your account
It was a message along the lines of "Your friend Ekky has started using Telegram, say hello to them".
Not sure if it was a notification or a message, but that was very uncanny and definitely felt scammy and abusive. It's not the first time I've seen an app behave this way, though usually the app asks first.
Oh yeah it notifies people who already have your number
i think you’re thinking of how you have to go out of your way to start a “secret chat” for it to have the touted encryption. those “secret chats” are way less feature-rich than the standard ones though, which sucks ass