Hi! Thanks for your feedback. After taking a look into the documentation you provided (and others), I think there are reasonable doubts about the current status of the security and privacy levels that Telegram provides to their users. I agree with Holger that it is not a good idea to package for Debian currently.
Cheers, cleto. On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 11:14 PM, Holger Levsen <hol...@layer-acht.org>wrote: > Hi, > > On Montag, 3. Februar 2014, Cleto Martín wrote: > > * URL : https://github.com/vysheng/tg > > Telegram messenger is a cloud-based instant messaging platform > > designed for smart phones and similar to Whatsapp but more flexible, > > and powerful. You can send messages, photos, videos and documents to > > people who are in your phone contacts (and have Telegram). Telegram > > also supports secret chats whose provide a private (encrypted) way of > > communication. > > according to http://blog.tincho.org/posts/Telegram/ the privacy of this > tool/plattform is non existing, it rather collects the users private data > and > sends it to a server. > > I believe such software should not be packaged for+in Debian as it seems > to be > today...: literally, a money-quote from this blog post (from a fellow DD): > > "The first thing the application did was to check my address book for > contacts, without my permission or knowledge. I got greeted by being told > that > some of my contacts already have Telegram installed, and since then I keep > getting notification that some more of my geek friends are installing it. > So > it is obvious that this company got all my records, breaking my privacy and > security." > > > cheers, > Holger, who hasn't tried telegram himself... >
