Telegram Introduces DRM

• tdesktop

  169 24,521 9.9 C++

  Telegram Desktop messaging app

  

> It's like we're the enemy that the phone is being secured against. I barely have words to describe how much I hate these companies and the way they try to control me.

I’ve had enough of it, too. Ordered a Librem 5 and can’t wait for the day it arrives – so I can finalize my divorce from the Apple ecosystem.

> I wonder why organizations such as GNU aren't working on free software clients for these popular services like WhatsApp and Telegram.

Regarding WhatsApp, it looks like it’s against their TOS, and Meta goes out of their way to detect usage of third-party apps and ban your account [1].

Regarding Telegram: not only do they allow third-party implementations, they even link to them [2]. Besides, Telegram’s own desktop client is FOSS under GPLv3 [3].

[1]: https://www.cultofmac.com/314343/use-a-third-party-whatsapp-...

[2]: https://telegram.org/apps#unofficial-apps

[3]: https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop

• matrix-registration

  3 222 0.0 Python

  a token based matrix registration api

You don't even need to create usernames/passwords in advance - you can just send your friends custom one-time URLs, which will allow them to enter their own desired usernames and passwords.

https://zeratax.github.io/matrix-registration/

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