Governments call for EC to consider decryption directive
French and German governments named messaging app Telegram as they urged greater cooperation in anti-terror …
France calls for action on encrypted messaging
French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve will meet his German counterpart later this month to push …
Iranian hackers find Telegram vulnerability
Secure messaging app Telegram suffered its largest known hack in its brief history, which occurred …
Iran set for app security crackdown
The authorities in Iran have given messaging app makers twelve months to move data from …
Russian activists to sue MTS over Telegram hack
Russian activists from a group called the Anti-Corruption Foundation want to sue MTS because they believe the operator helped hack into their accounts on messaging app Telegram, the Financial Times reported.
Telegram offers developers $1M prize for bots
Messaging app maker Telegram, which recently updated its bots platform, will give away $1 million to developers for creating an “impressive bot” that is fast and useful.
Facebook intros bots for Messenger
Bots are all the rage this week when it comes to apps, as Facebook announced bots for its Messenger Platform and Telegram launched Bot Platform 2.0.
Instagram blocks deep links to (some) social apps
Instagram users can no longer put deep links in their profile asking to be ‘followed’ or ‘added’ on Snapchat and Telegram apps, although the ability to do so for other social media service like YouTube and Twitter, as well as websites, is still possible.
WhatsApp blocks links to Telegram
Users of WhatsApp are now unable to click on or copy into their browser any links …
Telegram sees sharp increase in engagement
Telegram, a messaging app with a focus on speed and security, is seeing 12 billion …
