Re: Telegram group

Paul Brown <[email protected]> Tue, 01 Aug 2017 00:37:55 +0200
Newsgroups	gmane.comp.kde.events
Organization	KDE e.V.
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On Monday, 31 July 2017 23:42:46 CEST elcaseti . wrote:
> As far as I can tell, Signal is now completely Libre.   I figured Telegram
> was chosen because of its encryption, which is not as good as Signal's
> encryption.  Since that's not the case, it sounds like Telegram is a good
> way to go for Promo, as it already has some momentum behind it.

Exactly. Encryption is not really an issue. We are not exchanging anything 
secret or confidential here. We picked Telegram because there were already a 
bunch of KDE groups on it and it is what a lot of people already used.

By the way, would you like to come and join us?

Paul

> 
>  Cheers
> 
> On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 11:58 PM, Paul Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Monday, 31 July 2017 03:23:30 CEST elcaseti . wrote:
> > > I don't know if it would be practical to use both Signal Private
> > 
> > Messenger
> > 
> > > & Telegram for promo.  Just thought I should mention that Signal Private
> > > Messenger would work for this use, & appears to be more secure than
> > > Telegram.  Cheers
> > 
> > I would personally prefer a fully FLOSS solution, preferably an
> > XMPP-compliant
> > one like Jabber or, if we are concerned about security TOX. But I see
> > several
> > drawbacks to that:
> > 
> > - We are not that concerned with security anyway. There is nothing we are
> > going to discuss in the group that I foresee we cannot share with the
> > world at
> > large.
> > 
> > - None of those services, Signal, Jabber and TOX, are nearly as popular as
> > Telegram. If Telegram is good enough for what we need, we should probably
> > avoid making access more difficult to the Promo group by using a software
> > that
> > not many people will have heard of, let alone installed.
> > 
> > - Telegram supports natively a wider range of platforms, including most
> > desktops or even the command line. Yes, Signal has a desktop client too,
> > but
> > it requires you install Chrome and Chromium. Nothing wrong with that, but
> > it
> > is just another hurdle that makes a little more inconvenient.
> > 
> > - Promo on Telegram has already taken off and most people seem to be find
> > it
> > useful and enjoyable, plus the bridge to the IRC is up and working fine.
> > Maybe
> > undoing that work now would not be very efficient.
> > 
> > Despite the above, I do hope you join us, either on the IRC or Telegram.
> > 
> > Cheers
> > 
> > Paul
> > 
> > > On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 10:27 AM, Paul Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > On Saturday, 29 July 2017 19:02:31 CEST Valorie Zimmerman wrote:
> > > > > On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 5:07 AM, Paul Brown <[email protected]>
> > 
> > wrote:
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Is there anybody on here that can help get the IRC bridge done
> > > > 
> > > > quickly? It
> > > > 
> > > > > > would be good get it done asap to avoid both channels from
> > 
> > diverging.
> > 
> > > > > > The task I posted on Phabricator is this one:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > https://phabricator.kde.org/T6661
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Paul
> > > > > 
> > > > > If that task is for the sysadmins (which it should be) none of us
> > 
> > will
> > 
> > > > > be able to see it. You can always ping them directly in
> > 
> > #kde-sysadmins
> > 
> > > > > on IRC.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Valorie
> > > > 
> > > > It's sorted. Bhushan helped out. Thanks.
> > > > 
> > > > Paul
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