✳️ Our two cents about this:
➡️ Telegram never stores cloud chats in plaintext on the servers. They are encrypted.
➡️ Encryption keys are stored in a different facility in a different jurisdiction for each data center.
➡️ BUT if some intruder breach the security of all servers/facilities he will be able to access to your messages.
➡️ So Snowden is right about this: If you want full privacy, you should always use end-to-end encryption (keys are only stored on your device and never on telegram servers).
Fun fact: Long gone are the days when Pavel Durov offered Edward Snowden a job at Vkontakte.
http://money.cnn.com/2013/08/05/technology/social/snowden-vkontakte/
➡️ Telegram never stores cloud chats in plaintext on the servers. They are encrypted.
➡️ Encryption keys are stored in a different facility in a different jurisdiction for each data center.
➡️ BUT if some intruder breach the security of all servers/facilities he will be able to access to your messages.
➡️ So Snowden is right about this: If you want full privacy, you should always use end-to-end encryption (keys are only stored on your device and never on telegram servers).
Fun fact: Long gone are the days when Pavel Durov offered Edward Snowden a job at Vkontakte.
http://money.cnn.com/2013/08/05/technology/social/snowden-vkontakte/
✳️ INTERNET | CENSORSHIP ✳️
Error 451: The new HTTP code for censorship
On Friday, the group responsible for Internet standards, the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG), approved a new HTTP code to differentiate between Web pages which cannot be shown for technical reasons and others which are unavailable for non-technical reasons, such as governmental censorship.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/error-451-the-new-http-code-for-censorship/
#internet #http451 #censorship
Error 451: The new HTTP code for censorship
On Friday, the group responsible for Internet standards, the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG), approved a new HTTP code to differentiate between Web pages which cannot be shown for technical reasons and others which are unavailable for non-technical reasons, such as governmental censorship.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/error-451-the-new-http-code-for-censorship/
#internet #http451 #censorship
ZDNet
Error 451: The new HTTP code for censorship | ZDNet
If you wish to know how the Internet is restricted by governments, the new 451 protocol will tell you.
✳️ GOOGLE | BOTS ✳️
Google is building a new mobile-messaging with bots
Google is building a new mobile-messaging service that taps its artificial intelligence know-how and so-called chatbot technology to try to catch rivals including Facebook Inc.
For its new service, Google, plans to integrate chatbots, software programs that answer questions inside a messaging app.
Google is pursuing a similar goal with its messaging service, the people familiar with the plan said. Instead of typing a query into Google's search engine, users will type questions as text messages, to which chatbots will respond. Google will likely let outside developers build chatbots to run on the service, one of the people said. Google would steer users to specific chatbots, much as its search engine directs users to relevant websites. The move is strategic, because messaging apps and chatbots threaten Google's role as the Internet's premier discovery engine.
Full article: http://www.wsj.com/articles/google-plans-new-smarter-messaging-app-1450816899
If you can't because you see this: To read the full story subscribe or just copy and paste the URL into google, click on the first link and voila.
#google #bots #messaging
Google is building a new mobile-messaging with bots
Google is building a new mobile-messaging service that taps its artificial intelligence know-how and so-called chatbot technology to try to catch rivals including Facebook Inc.
For its new service, Google, plans to integrate chatbots, software programs that answer questions inside a messaging app.
Google is pursuing a similar goal with its messaging service, the people familiar with the plan said. Instead of typing a query into Google's search engine, users will type questions as text messages, to which chatbots will respond. Google will likely let outside developers build chatbots to run on the service, one of the people said. Google would steer users to specific chatbots, much as its search engine directs users to relevant websites. The move is strategic, because messaging apps and chatbots threaten Google's role as the Internet's premier discovery engine.
Full article: http://www.wsj.com/articles/google-plans-new-smarter-messaging-app-1450816899
If you can't because you see this: To read the full story subscribe or just copy and paste the URL into google, click on the first link and voila.
#google #bots #messaging
WSJ
Google Plans New, Smarter Messaging App
Google is building a new mobile-messaging service that taps its artificial intelligence know-how and so-called chatbot technology to try to catch up with rivals.
✳️ GOOGLE | BOTS ✳️
BTW, do you remember the acquisition attempt that Pavel Durov was talking about at Techcrunch?
This answers the question about that:
In October, Mr. Fox offered to buy 200 Labs Inc., a small startup that builds chatbots, but the firm declined the offer, according to two people familiar with the situation. 200 Labs developed a marketplace and rating service for chatbots on Telegram, a messaging app that offers hundreds of chatbots, devoted to subjects like the weather, image search, news and dating. 200 Labs is working on technology that will choose the best chatbot to respond to a request.
They are talking about http://storebot.me/
#google #bots #messaging #storebot
BTW, do you remember the acquisition attempt that Pavel Durov was talking about at Techcrunch?
This answers the question about that:
In October, Mr. Fox offered to buy 200 Labs Inc., a small startup that builds chatbots, but the firm declined the offer, according to two people familiar with the situation. 200 Labs developed a marketplace and rating service for chatbots on Telegram, a messaging app that offers hundreds of chatbots, devoted to subjects like the weather, image search, news and dating. 200 Labs is working on technology that will choose the best chatbot to respond to a request.
They are talking about http://storebot.me/
#google #bots #messaging #storebot
✳️ TELEGRAM | CALLS & VIDEO CALLS ✳️
Is Telegram planning to add calls or video calls like whatsapp?
Directly from the FAQ:
We specialize in sending messages, large media and files (and we do this better than anyone out there). There are still many things that we can revolutionize in messaging. And messaging is obviously trending at the moment, so our focus remains in that area for now.
While voice and video calls may seem attractive, we do not consider them to be part of the core messaging experience. And since both these features require considerable resources in terms of time, work and maintenance. We'd rather use all that energy to bring you a fast, secure and reliable messenger, capable of transferring large files, syncing across many devices and keeping you happy without those pesky incoming calls.
https://tg-me.sbs/faq#q-can-i-make-calls-or-video-calls-via-telegram
#calls #videocalls #whatsapp #voip
Is Telegram planning to add calls or video calls like whatsapp?
Directly from the FAQ:
We specialize in sending messages, large media and files (and we do this better than anyone out there). There are still many things that we can revolutionize in messaging. And messaging is obviously trending at the moment, so our focus remains in that area for now.
While voice and video calls may seem attractive, we do not consider them to be part of the core messaging experience. And since both these features require considerable resources in terms of time, work and maintenance. We'd rather use all that energy to bring you a fast, secure and reliable messenger, capable of transferring large files, syncing across many devices and keeping you happy without those pesky incoming calls.
https://tg-me.sbs/faq#q-can-i-make-calls-or-video-calls-via-telegram
#calls #videocalls #whatsapp #voip
✳️ TELEGRAM | STATUS MESSAGES ✳️
Is Telegram planning to add status messages for users?
Directly from the FAQ:
Status messages in messengers are a legacy of their desktop past. Studies show that modern users rarely use status messages for any practictical purposes. This data is also confirmed by our gut feeling. So it is rather unlikely that we will be adding them.
But here's an idea: if there is a certain group of friends that you would like to notify of changes in your status, it may be fun to create a group with all of them and send those messages to that group.
#status #messages
Is Telegram planning to add status messages for users?
Directly from the FAQ:
Status messages in messengers are a legacy of their desktop past. Studies show that modern users rarely use status messages for any practictical purposes. This data is also confirmed by our gut feeling. So it is rather unlikely that we will be adding them.
But here's an idea: if there is a certain group of friends that you would like to notify of changes in your status, it may be fun to create a group with all of them and send those messages to that group.
#status #messages
✳️ TELEGRAM | SUPPORT ✳️
This is the Trello board that TSF (Telegram Support Force) uses to track of bugs, features and user suggestions.
Trello cards may have labels. The following labels are possible on the issues board:
➡️ Orange: Our developers know about this issue and will or will not fix it eventually.
➡️ Yellow: We can't reproduce the bug, need more details on what is happening and when.
➡️ Purple: This issue will be fixed in the upcoming public release and is already gone in the beta.
➡️ Mint green: A version with the fix was already sent to the relevant Store.
➡️ Blue: It is either impossible to fix this (platform restrictions, etc.), or this is how we want it to work.
➡️ Green: The issue can be resolved simply by updating to the latest public version of the app.
➡️ Black: This is a frequent issue, we're getting many complaints about it.
➡️ Cyan:The issue was reviewed by a bug herder and reported to the developer. All we can do now is wait and report any new occurrences in the comments (don't forget the #tq tags).
➡️ Red: This card is longer needed and is scheduled for deletion. Please don't delete it manually, we'll take care of it.
#support #tsf #tsi #trello
This is the Trello board that TSF (Telegram Support Force) uses to track of bugs, features and user suggestions.
Trello cards may have labels. The following labels are possible on the issues board:
➡️ Orange: Our developers know about this issue and will or will not fix it eventually.
➡️ Yellow: We can't reproduce the bug, need more details on what is happening and when.
➡️ Purple: This issue will be fixed in the upcoming public release and is already gone in the beta.
➡️ Mint green: A version with the fix was already sent to the relevant Store.
➡️ Blue: It is either impossible to fix this (platform restrictions, etc.), or this is how we want it to work.
➡️ Green: The issue can be resolved simply by updating to the latest public version of the app.
➡️ Black: This is a frequent issue, we're getting many complaints about it.
➡️ Cyan:The issue was reviewed by a bug herder and reported to the developer. All we can do now is wait and report any new occurrences in the comments (don't forget the #tq tags).
➡️ Red: This card is longer needed and is scheduled for deletion. Please don't delete it manually, we'll take care of it.
#support #tsf #tsi #trello
Forwarded from Telegram Geeks
🔥 TELEGRAM NEXT UPDATE 🔥
✳️ Inline bots:
➡️ A new way to add bot content to any chat. Type a bot's username and your query in the text field to get instant results and send them to your chat partner. Try typing “@gif dog” in your next chat.
Sample bots:
@gif
@wiki
@bingpic
@vid
✳️ GIF revolution also coming! stay tuned😎
#update #bots #inline #gifs
✳️ Inline bots:
➡️ A new way to add bot content to any chat. Type a bot's username and your query in the text field to get instant results and send them to your chat partner. Try typing “@gif dog” in your next chat.
Sample bots:
@gif
@wiki
@bingpic
@vid
✳️ GIF revolution also coming! stay tuned😎
#update #bots #inline #gifs
Forwarded from Telegram Geeks
✳️ TELEGRAM | SUPPORT ✳️
🔥 Inline Bots & GIF Revolution 🔥
Hey Yoo! As Telegram team announced, one last update would come before the end of the year.
❗️Be patient: This last update focuses primarily on two things: INLINE BOTS and GIF files.
Update is not yet on the stores, but it will come soon 😉
http://telegramgeeks.com/2015/12/inline-bots-gif-revolution/
#gifs #inline #bots #update
🔥 Inline Bots & GIF Revolution 🔥
Hey Yoo! As Telegram team announced, one last update would come before the end of the year.
❗️Be patient: This last update focuses primarily on two things: INLINE BOTS and GIF files.
Update is not yet on the stores, but it will come soon 😉
http://telegramgeeks.com/2015/12/inline-bots-gif-revolution/
#gifs #inline #bots #update
Telegram Geeks
Inline Bots & GIF Revolution
This last Telegram update focuses primarily on two things: In-Line Bots and GIF files.
✳️ BOTS | STATS ✳️
@MyPokerBot 2015 Stats
(during the last 4 months):
➡️ 10 000 monthly active users.
➡️ 17.000.000 messages.
➡️ 230.000 dealings.
➡️ 10.000 tables including 1.300 private tables.
#bots #stats #mypokerbot
@MyPokerBot 2015 Stats
(during the last 4 months):
➡️ 10 000 monthly active users.
➡️ 17.000.000 messages.
➡️ 230.000 dealings.
➡️ 10.000 tables including 1.300 private tables.
#bots #stats #mypokerbot
❗️WhatsApp goes down ❗️
✳️ Users in Europe report issues with messaging app.
✳️ Every time whatsapp goes down a lot of users move to telegram.
🎉🍻🍾 So let's toast for more massive whatsapp's failures for 2016! 🍾🍻🎉
✳️ Users in Europe report issues with messaging app.
✳️ Every time whatsapp goes down a lot of users move to telegram.
🎉🍻🍾 So let's toast for more massive whatsapp's failures for 2016! 🍾🍻🎉
Forwarded from Telegram Geeks
unlike whatsapp, we are working hard on new year, and as usual, we are the firsts to leak the breaking info😎
🔥 telegram official blog updated 🔥
1⃣ INLINE BOTS https://tg-me.sbs/blog/inline-bots
2⃣ GIF REVOLUTION https://tg-me.sbs/blog/gif-revolution
▶️ join the new official bot channel @botNews
#inline #bots #gifs
🔥 telegram official blog updated 🔥
1⃣ INLINE BOTS https://tg-me.sbs/blog/inline-bots
2⃣ GIF REVOLUTION https://tg-me.sbs/blog/gif-revolution
▶️ join the new official bot channel @botNews
#inline #bots #gifs
✳️ UPDATES | INLINE BOTS & GIFS ✳️
Why Telegram is not updated yet?
Telegram is currently waiting for iOS app store approval. Features are ready, but they need to make them available simultaneously (because otherwise a lot of people we'll be seeing this "unavailable" message - all gifs are auto converted to mp4), and the app store approval is the slowest one.
#bots #updates #gifs
Why Telegram is not updated yet?
Telegram is currently waiting for iOS app store approval. Features are ready, but they need to make them available simultaneously (because otherwise a lot of people we'll be seeing this "unavailable" message - all gifs are auto converted to mp4), and the app store approval is the slowest one.
#bots #updates #gifs