Telegram

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Telegram is a cross-platform encrypted messaging app. Telegram is a centralized service, with a closed source server and open source clients.

It was founded by Pavel Durov, the creator of vKontakte (the russian analogue of Facebook), and might be considered the doppelgรคnger of FB Messenger app.


POSSE to Telegram

Telegram supports public and private channels that can be published to via a telegram bot.

IndieWeb Examples

Micropub with Telegram

PostrChild has a telegram bot that allows posting to your own website using Micropub

Criticism

Bad Cryptography

2013-12-19 Crypto Fails: Telegramโ€™s Cryptanalysis Contest (archived)

See Also