Not only do I use it for both work and friends, but I also have a bot assigned through Telegram, through which I can programmatically send messages to myself and other staff. The bot also integrates with 2FA, such as with the Nextcloud system, so you can get your 2FA token from a chat sent directly to your Telegram account.
This isn't the only platform that supports such things, but the integration was fairly straightforward to implement. On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 3:46 PM Adam Hudson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey Tilghman, I just looked up Telegram and it actually looks like a cool > encrypted chat feature. I wasn't looking for a chat initially, but checking > it out now I think I could see myself using this. Have you had a positive > experience with this platform overall? Do you find it secure? Also: do you > use anything for encrypted voice and/or video calls? > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 8:29 AM Tilghman Lesher <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> My suggestion to get around this is to register for a (free) number on >> Google Voice, and then use that number exclusively with that platform. >> I happen to use Telegram, but Signal should be fine. >> >> On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 6:56 PM Adam Hudson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > Hey guys. Any of you use secure messaging platforms that don't require a >> > phone number to use? I like signal, but I don't want something that takes >> > over my phone number and causes me to lose texts if I'm not connected to >> > internet (which is quite often). Essentially looking for a secure >> > alternative to email. Something akin to what the desktop version of signal >> > provides. >> > >> > Any of you have success with a platform like that? >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Thank you, >> > Adam Hudson >> > >> > -- >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> > "NLUG" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected] >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> > >> > --- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> > "NLUG" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> > email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAPk5cwcvN7A5aN7Tte45iv_DWOkxrBSo4XasUyBk4L6zc37upQ%40mail.gmail.com. >> >> >> >> -- >> Tilghman >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAHPkZcX8%2Bu3zWyH6VBCaONqyduOo3hMuX4h8hZUROL0KQimZug%40mail.gmail.com. > > > > -- > Thank you, > Adam Hudson > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAPk5cwfpGv6ROK66%2BFbBTHjZpqZXuZ1tu-9aYUUQX_N%3D59qNBQ%40mail.gmail.com. -- Tilghman -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAHPkZcW_aDzZX0Fova5SmWzN9L4rC11T-EKBkCtWc0tFmoVY2A%40mail.gmail.com.
