> > > I also have technical questions about 'wechat' (like how do you > > use it without a smartphone?) and the relevance of tools we > > currently use, but this will open Pandora's box, and I'd rather > > not spend my energy on closing that box right now :D > > Not that I was planning on running it myself, but I did look into > the logistics. Apparently there is at least one free/libre open > source wechat client under active development but you still need to > use a separate mobile device to authenticate your client's > connection to wechat's central communication service. By design, it > appears this is so that you can't avoid reporting your physical > location (it's been suggested this is to comply with government > requirements for tracking citizens participating in potentially > illegal discussions).
This is correct from my experience. There are one or two desktop clients I have found out there, but there is no way to log in to them other than logging into your phone app, then using that to scan a QR-code like image in order to authenticate. As far as I know, there is no way to use Wechat without installing a smartphone app. __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
