Munish
Munish

Whats everyone using these days for messaging. What’s app still popular but what comes after that, Telegram, Wire or Signal? #cybersecurity

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maique
maique

@Munish I’m happy with Telegram, managed to move a couple of friends over. Tried Signal, but no one joined. WhatsApp is king in the country, almost everyone uses it, no one even asks anymore what the other ones are using. Everything is arranged in WhatsApp groups, there’s one for every little thing.

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donnydavis
donnydavis

@maique @Munish I actually like the stock Messages app on iOS, but sadly that’s only popular in the U.S. I prefer Telegram over WhatsApp, but still have to use it for a few conversations.

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maique
maique

@donnydavis @Munish Messages.app would be cool, but haven’t even given it a fair try, and I started on the iPhone 3 I believe. About half the people I talk to have iPhones and no one uses it. Only person I use it with is my mom, she uses it on the iPad.

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Munish
Munish

@maique same here. But I do not like the fact it’s linked to Facebook.

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donnydavis
donnydavis

@maique yeah, I think a big reason was due to texting charges early on and iMessage didn’t come out until iOS 5, I think. So the other chat apps got a head start converting users and then nobody wanted to switch.

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Munish
Munish

@donnydavis I used iMessage a lot too but similar to you a lot of people use WhatsApp. Frustrating. Wire is a good and secure app. Based on Switzerland it’s prob the most secure

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donnydavis
donnydavis

@Munish haven’t heard of Wire before. Will have to check it out. Messaging in 2020 is one of the most frustrating things. So many siloed apps. I wish that there was just one protocol for it and then everyone can choose their own app. Just like email. I’ve considered telling everyone to just email me if they want to get in touch. 😂

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maique
maique

@Munish I don’t like it either, but it’s one of those situations where I’ve been trying to convert people to other apps and there’s just no point. Most people don’t care about that, at all. Closest friends all made the move, so I guess it’s 90% Telegram and the rest WhatsApp by now.

We did have to create a groups, on WhatsApp of course, to keep family and friends up to date with tinyMovieStar news ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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maique
maique

@donnydavis You might be right. In the beginning I remember using it with friends who had iPhones, but soon everyone was just using WhatsApp and not giving it a second thought.

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Munish
Munish

@maique @donnydavis yes it is frustrating with silo apps and people preferring what’s app for convenience. apps.apple.com/gb/app/wi... The prob with the likes of wire, is it is another app to convince people to use

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maique
maique

@Munish I install them all! Installed Wire, Threema, Element, and others I don’t even remember any more. The argument that really helped move people to Telegram ? The infinite supply of stickers!

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Munish
Munish

@maique us humans are so easily pursued by the small things. I work in Cyber Security, so for me telegram is better than what’s app for sure

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maique
maique

@Munish I try to keep up to date on security and privacy issues, but when I start talking about the subject people start rolling their eyes 🤣 I can only have this conversations with my wife (she doesn’t care that much, but cares enough about me to pretend) and with one brother-in-law.

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donnydavis
donnydavis

@maique one of my colleagues uses the stickers as his excuse to convert people. 😂

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maique
maique

@donnydavis ¯_(ツ)_/¯ There are a couple of really nice features in the app. But the stickers seal the deal.

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RossA
RossA

@Munish currently using Sphere to manage the bigger groups. It’s in Beta but got lots of potential. www.sphere.me

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strandlines
strandlines

@Munish I've been using Signal for a while and have been surprised how many I've pursuaded to start using it as well, including die-hard Whatsapp users. I don't think it's to the exclusion of Whatsapp but they have been quite happy to jump on board with Signal as well.

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Munish
Munish

@strandlines I think the challenge is always to convince people to move over. Hopefully this will happen more one day.

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Munish
Munish

@RossA not come across this one. Will give it a go

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Munish
Munish

@PaulGit thanks will try and check it out

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