Bug#737563: ITP: telegram-cli -- Command-line interface for Telegram
Hi! Thanks for your feedback. After taking a look into the documentation you provided (and others), I think there are reasonable doubts about the current status of the security and privacy levels that Telegram provides to their users. I agree with Holger that it is not a good idea to package for Debian currently. Cheers, cleto. On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 11:14 PM, Holger Levsen hol...@layer-acht.orgwrote: Hi, On Montag, 3. Februar 2014, Cleto Martín wrote: * URL : https://github.com/vysheng/tg Telegram messenger is a cloud-based instant messaging platform designed for smart phones and similar to Whatsapp but more flexible, and powerful. You can send messages, photos, videos and documents to people who are in your phone contacts (and have Telegram). Telegram also supports secret chats whose provide a private (encrypted) way of communication. according to http://blog.tincho.org/posts/Telegram/ the privacy of this tool/plattform is non existing, it rather collects the users private data and sends it to a server. I believe such software should not be packaged for+in Debian as it seems to be today...: literally, a money-quote from this blog post (from a fellow DD): The first thing the application did was to check my address book for contacts, without my permission or knowledge. I got greeted by being told that some of my contacts already have Telegram installed, and since then I keep getting notification that some more of my geek friends are installing it. So it is obvious that this company got all my records, breaking my privacy and security. cheers, Holger, who hasn't tried telegram himself...
Bug#737563: ITP: telegram-cli -- Command-line interface for Telegram
On Mon, Feb 03, 2014 at 08:52:41PM +, Cleto Martín wrote: * URL : https://github.com/vysheng/tg * License : GPL As the binary is linked with -lssl, it cannot be distributed. -- WBR, wRAR -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140204093514.ga3...@belkar.wrar.name
Bug#737563: ITP: telegram-cli -- Command-line interface for Telegram
Cleto Martín dijo [Mon, Feb 03, 2014 at 08:52:41PM +]: Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Cleto Martín cl...@debian.org * Package name: telegram-cli Version : 0.1 Upstream Author : Vitaly Valtman * URL : https://github.com/vysheng/tg * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Description : Command-line interface for Telegram messenger Also, please look at Martín Ferrari's blog post¹ before doing work that will promote the use of Telegram. Granted, the Telegram client *is* free software (barring the already mentioned GPL/SSL license compatibility issue) and has legitimate uses, but Martín's analysis seems quite thorough and interesting! ¹ http://blog.tincho.org/posts/Telegram/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140204180227.gh79...@gwolf.org
Bug#737563: ITP: telegram-cli -- Command-line interface for Telegram
I don't know if this ITP is still alive, but if so I think we should be Cc-ing the bug rather than posting on debian-devel. Cleto Martín wrote: Package: wnpp * Package name: telegram-cli [...] Description : Command-line interface for Telegram messenger That's more or less just an expansion of the package name, and doesn't give me much of a clue what this software is for. Is this a single binary package? If it's one package for a library and one for the executable, they should probably have short descriptions along the lines of Description: phone instant messenger - shared library Description: phone instant messenger - command-line interface Telegram messenger is a cloud-based instant messaging platform designed for smart phones and similar to Whatsapp but more flexible, These days it's usually s/smart phones/smartphones/ Isn't it WhatsApp, with capital A? No need for a comma after flexible. and powerful. You can send messages, photos, videos and documents to people who are in your phone contacts (and have Telegram). Telegram also supports secret chats whose provide a private (encrypted) way of ^ Chris Bannister wrote: That should be which provides? Chats are plural, so they provide (no -s). Or say providing. Also, a [...] way of communication seems unidiomatic - s/way/means/ communication. . This package contains a command-line based client for Telegram with What's the difference between a command-line based client and an actual command-line client? the following features: * Colored terminal messages. * Message management: history, stats, etc. * Group chat: create and manage groups. * Secret chat: secured and encrypted conversations. * Contact management: add/edit/remove contacts. * Multimedia support: send/load photos and videos. This isn't quite in d-l-e house style, but it's okay. -- JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140204204755.ga30...@xibalba.demon.co.uk
Bug#737563: ITP: telegram-cli -- Command-line interface for Telegram
Hi, On Montag, 3. Februar 2014, Cleto Martín wrote: * URL : https://github.com/vysheng/tg Telegram messenger is a cloud-based instant messaging platform designed for smart phones and similar to Whatsapp but more flexible, and powerful. You can send messages, photos, videos and documents to people who are in your phone contacts (and have Telegram). Telegram also supports secret chats whose provide a private (encrypted) way of communication. according to http://blog.tincho.org/posts/Telegram/ the privacy of this tool/plattform is non existing, it rather collects the users private data and sends it to a server. I believe such software should not be packaged for+in Debian as it seems to be today...: literally, a money-quote from this blog post (from a fellow DD): The first thing the application did was to check my address book for contacts, without my permission or knowledge. I got greeted by being told that some of my contacts already have Telegram installed, and since then I keep getting notification that some more of my geek friends are installing it. So it is obvious that this company got all my records, breaking my privacy and security. cheers, Holger, who hasn't tried telegram himself... signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Bug#737563: ITP: telegram-cli -- Command-line interface for Telegram
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Cleto Martín cl...@debian.org * Package name: telegram-cli Version : 0.1 Upstream Author : Vitaly Valtman * URL : https://github.com/vysheng/tg * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Description : Command-line interface for Telegram messenger Telegram messenger is a cloud-based instant messaging platform designed for smart phones and similar to Whatsapp but more flexible, and powerful. You can send messages, photos, videos and documents to people who are in your phone contacts (and have Telegram). Telegram also supports secret chats whose provide a private (encrypted) way of communication. . This package contains a command-line based client for Telegram with the following features: * Colored terminal messages. * Message management: history, stats, etc. * Group chat: create and manage groups. * Secret chat: secured and encrypted conversations. * Contact management: add/edit/remove contacts. * Multimedia support: send/load photos and videos. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140203205241.10439.51219.reportbug@brian
