That's pretty cool actually. Thanks for sharing this man. I think I'm the immediate, your previous suggestion of using Google voice to authenticate against signal will suit my immediate needs. But I think down the line telegram may be where I go in the future for advanced use cases. Thanks for that recommendation!
On Thu, Oct 22, 2020, 4:08 PM Tilghman Lesher <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > . > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. 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