ijeffM to [email protected]English • edit-21 year agoGoogle reminds us that Google Chat can be used with friends and family9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10
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minus-squaremFatlinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-21 year agoYes, it saw a surge in popularity after last year protests as the government blocked Whatsapp. Telegram had already been blocked. For messaging most people still use telegram with proxies and VPNs.
minus-squareijeffOPMlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoDo folks have access to Signal? It’s too bad it doesn’t support E2E SMS encryption anymore like it did as TextSecure. I think there are forks though.
minus-squaremFatlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoNobody uses it. It’s completely blocked and has much less features compared to Telegram.
Yes, it saw a surge in popularity after last year protests as the government blocked Whatsapp. Telegram had already been blocked. For messaging most people still use telegram with proxies and VPNs.
Do folks have access to Signal? It’s too bad it doesn’t support E2E SMS encryption anymore like it did as TextSecure. I think there are forks though.
Nobody uses it. It’s completely blocked and has much less features compared to Telegram.
Interesting. Thanks for the insight!
Of course!