Einar@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoTelegram starts to look like a super app, echoing WeChattechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTelegram starts to look like a super app, echoing WeChattechcrunch.comEinar@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square25fedilink
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minus-squareVirkkunen@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoBut isn’t that the whole point of a messaging service? Connect to something else that’s not local and have your messages exchanged?
minus-squareMuehe@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoI think smileyhead is alluding to the fact that Telegram servers are not open source, just the clients are.
minus-squareඞmir@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoWhy would it matter if the servers are open source? How would you ever verify they are running the exact build they claim they are?
minus-squaremonk@lemmy.unboiled.infolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoBy running it myself, duh.
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But isn’t that the whole point of a messaging service? Connect to something else that’s not local and have your messages exchanged?
I think smileyhead is alluding to the fact that Telegram servers are not open source, just the clients are.
Why would it matter if the servers are open source? How would you ever verify they are running the exact build they claim they are?
By running it myself, duh.