Feature request: alternative messenger integration for Jolla
asked 2014-02-06 22:10:29 +0200
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Now facebook has bought all current whatsapp users it only makes it more pressing to find a decent alternative. There is: telegram :This 'new' messaging app is open source and safe.. https://telegram.org/
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tox.im
This sounds excellent. Especially if the full security model is implemented (PFS and MiM protection). Sadly they still don't allow several phone numbers per account but that is hardly a huge issue. They do seem to allow several logged in devices and that is awesome (can have client on the desktop be synced with the phone).
AxMi-24 ( 2014-02-06 23:48:23 +0200 )edit@raimue: WhatsApp taking down third-party clients on GitHub. Only those similar named, as #Mitakuuluu is not affected? https://t.co/UANHJIDllw #Jolla
this only makes development of a good open source alternative more urgent..
teun ( 2014-02-13 21:12:23 +0200 )edithttp://security.stackexchange.com/questions/49782/is-telegram-secure
After reading that I would say that telegram is not something that should be integrated in to Jolla. There is no point in integrating another unsafe protocol. Sadly it seems that today it's more or less only textsecure that is actually safe. Rest of the IMs are at best just badly encrypted and at worst actively spy on you (skype).
AxMi-24 ( 2014-02-13 22:41:00 +0200 )editthis could be an alternative : http://tox.im/
teun ( 2014-02-13 23:48:29 +0200 )edit@teun oooo I did not know about that project. Sounds excellent and it actually is based on real cryptography unlike telegram. Thanks a lot.
PS: tox would be good alternative for jolla. Secure chat, audio and video chat. Possibly even sync between several logged in clients (still reading so not sure about that part).
AxMi-24 ( 2014-02-14 09:18:03 +0200 )edit