Forwarded from Pavel Durov
Thank you, each and every one of the 12,000+ people who stood up to support the freedom of internet and Telegram today in central Moscow.
https://goo.gl/fEFtQb
https://goo.gl/fEFtQb
Iran orders internet providers to block Telegram
Iran’s judiciary has just ordered the nation’s telecommunications providers to block Telegram . According to the Wall Street Journal, Iran’s Islamic Republic News Agency stated that the decision was issued via a court ruling in Tehran. An estimated 40 million Iranians — half of the country’s population — use Telegram to communicate.
Iranian authorities say Telegram has been used to spread lies and incite public opinion, and that it has also been used by terrorists and pornographers.
As of Monday, Telegram appears to still be functioning in the country following the court order.
🌐 Source 1 | Source 2
#iran #telegram #block #censorship #DigitalResistance
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Iran’s judiciary has just ordered the nation’s telecommunications providers to block Telegram . According to the Wall Street Journal, Iran’s Islamic Republic News Agency stated that the decision was issued via a court ruling in Tehran. An estimated 40 million Iranians — half of the country’s population — use Telegram to communicate.
Iranian authorities say Telegram has been used to spread lies and incite public opinion, and that it has also been used by terrorists and pornographers.
As of Monday, Telegram appears to still be functioning in the country following the court order.
🌐 Source 1 | Source 2
#iran #telegram #block #censorship #DigitalResistance
ℹ️ @geeksChannel
According to translations.telegram.org, Telegram may start to test some ads when you connect to a proxy (TOP).
That was mentioned also on leaked TON documents (BELOW).
ℹ️ @geeksChannel
That was mentioned also on leaked TON documents (BELOW).
ℹ️ @geeksChannel
Telegram Geeks
According to translations.telegram.org, Telegram may start to test some ads when you connect to a proxy (TOP). That was mentioned also on leaked TON documents (BELOW). ℹ️ @geeksChannel
That's a good idea to keep proxys and VPN free and accessible to all public.
Last commit of "VoIP library for Telegram clients" includes code for E2E (end-to-end) group call (https://github.com/grishka/libtgvoip).
Encrypted group calls coming to telegram? 🙀
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Encrypted group calls coming to telegram? 🙀
ℹ️ @geeksChannel
Forwarded from Pavel Durov
Unfortunately, some Telegram features, such as stickers, don’t work correctly under iOS 11.4 that was just released – even though we fixed this issue weeks ago.
Apple has been preventing Telegram from updating its iOS apps globally ever since the Russian authorities ordered Apple to remove Telegram from the App Store. Russia banned Telegram on its territory in April because we refused to provide decryption keys for all our users’ communications to Russia’s security agencies. We believe we did the only possible thing, preserving the right of our users to privacy in a troubled country.
Unfortunately, Apple didn’t side with us. While Russia makes up only 7% of Telegram’s userbase, Apple is restricting updates for all Telegram users around the world since mid-April. As a result, we’ve also been unable to fully comply with GDPR for our EU-users by the deadline of May 25, 2018. We are continuing our efforts to resolve the situation and will keep you updated.
Sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.
Apple has been preventing Telegram from updating its iOS apps globally ever since the Russian authorities ordered Apple to remove Telegram from the App Store. Russia banned Telegram on its territory in April because we refused to provide decryption keys for all our users’ communications to Russia’s security agencies. We believe we did the only possible thing, preserving the right of our users to privacy in a troubled country.
Unfortunately, Apple didn’t side with us. While Russia makes up only 7% of Telegram’s userbase, Apple is restricting updates for all Telegram users around the world since mid-April. As a result, we’ve also been unable to fully comply with GDPR for our EU-users by the deadline of May 25, 2018. We are continuing our efforts to resolve the situation and will keep you updated.
Sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.
Pavel Durov
Unfortunately, some Telegram features, such as stickers, don’t work correctly under iOS 11.4 that was just released – even though we fixed this issue weeks ago. Apple has been preventing Telegram from updating its iOS apps globally ever since the Russian…
— Apple stopped approving Telegram for iOS updates globally 1,5 months ago after Russia ordered a block on Telegram.
— New official bots:
@GDPRbot
@MTProxybot
— New official bots:
@GDPRbot
@MTProxybot
Forwarded from Pavel Durov
🎉 Amazing news – Apple has just successfully reviewed our latest update for Telegram iOS, and we were able to ship a new version with long awaited fixes and improvements to the AppStore.
Thank you, Apple! 🍏
Thank you, Apple! 🍏
Forwarded from Telegram Desktop
In case you can't update Telegram Desktop because Telegram is blocked in your country, here are the files for the new version 1.3.7.
This version is optimized for censorship circumvention and can update itself automatically.
Warning! Never install and launch files from untrusted sources. Make sure that you download the files from the verified Telegram Desktop channel.
Please use Telegram_Windows.exe if you install Telegram Desktop on Windows.
Please use Telegram_Portable.zip if you use a portable version on Windows.
Please use Telegram_macOS.dmg if you install Telegram Desktop on OS X 10.8+ or macOS.
Please use Telegram_OS_X_old.dmg if you have OS X 10.6 or 10.7.
Please use Telegram_Linux64bit.tar.xz if you have 64 bit Linux system.
Please use Telegram_Linux32bit.tar.xz if you have 32 bit Linux system.
This version is optimized for censorship circumvention and can update itself automatically.
Warning! Never install and launch files from untrusted sources. Make sure that you download the files from the verified Telegram Desktop channel.
Please use Telegram_Windows.exe if you install Telegram Desktop on Windows.
Please use Telegram_Portable.zip if you use a portable version on Windows.
Please use Telegram_macOS.dmg if you install Telegram Desktop on OS X 10.8+ or macOS.
Please use Telegram_OS_X_old.dmg if you have OS X 10.6 or 10.7.
Please use Telegram_Linux64bit.tar.xz if you have 64 bit Linux system.
Please use Telegram_Linux32bit.tar.xz if you have 32 bit Linux system.
We want to introduce you some interesting channels we recently discovered:
Removing data on frequently messaged contacts and inline bots
To populate the ‘People’ box at the top of the Search section, Telegram calculates which of your chat partners you are likelier to message frequently. We calculate a similar rating for inline bots – thanks to that, the app can suggest you the bots you use frequently whenever you open the attachment menu (or start a new message with “@”).
We've implemented a way for you to remove this data from Telegram servers and stop Telegram from collecting it. It will become available in version 4.8.3 for iOS and version 4.8.10 for Android. Unfortunately, the update is still under review at the moment, but we expect it to become available in the nearest future.
Once you get the update, go to Settings > Privacy & Security and disable ‘Suggest Frequent Contacts’ to stop calculating ratings for contacts and inline bots, and delete all relevant data.
🌐 https://tg-me.sbs/faq_export
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To populate the ‘People’ box at the top of the Search section, Telegram calculates which of your chat partners you are likelier to message frequently. We calculate a similar rating for inline bots – thanks to that, the app can suggest you the bots you use frequently whenever you open the attachment menu (or start a new message with “@”).
We've implemented a way for you to remove this data from Telegram servers and stop Telegram from collecting it. It will become available in version 4.8.3 for iOS and version 4.8.10 for Android. Unfortunately, the update is still under review at the moment, but we expect it to become available in the nearest future.
Once you get the update, go to Settings > Privacy & Security and disable ‘Suggest Frequent Contacts’ to stop calculating ratings for contacts and inline bots, and delete all relevant data.
🌐 https://tg-me.sbs/faq_export
ℹ️ @geeksChannel
Forwarded from EU Regulation Bot
Thank you for your patience! The beta version of the data exporting feature is ready to use.
To download your data:
- Please make sure you have Telegram Desktop v.1.3.8 (or higher) installed on your computer: https://torg.tg-me.sbs
- Log in to Telegram Desktop and go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Export Telegram Data.
- Choose which kinds of data you would like to export and press Export.
To download your data:
- Please make sure you have Telegram Desktop v.1.3.8 (or higher) installed on your computer: https://torg.tg-me.sbs
- Log in to Telegram Desktop and go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Export Telegram Data.
- Choose which kinds of data you would like to export and press Export.