▲ 100 ▼ WhatsApp introduces screen sharing during video calls (techcrunch.com) submitted 3 years ago by alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 25 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] maeries@feddit.de 13 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children) Telegram has every feature earlier than whatsapp permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Except E2EE by default permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vox@sopuli.xyz 0 points 3 years ago* (1 child) yeah there's a tradeoff. it's either server-encrypted with your "cloud password" or e2e encrypted in which case you lose chat sync. like you're supposed to use non-e2e chats for regular conversations, and encrypted ones for anything even remotely sensitive audio/video calls are always encrypted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 years ago* (1 child) Or just do it like Matrix or Signal or even WhatsApp which have both E2EE and chat sync permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vox@sopuli.xyz -1 points 3 years ago* (1 child) yeah they can do sync but it's rather janky and requires both devices to be on. there are some advantages to telegram's cloud chat system, even though it's much less secure. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago They don't though. Only WhatsApp does. The other ones don't require both devices to be on. Also it's not janky at all (with the exception of WhatsApp) permalink fedilink source parent [–] masterairmagic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago indeed, that's true. Whatsapp is years behind Telegram in features. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Except E2EE by default permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vox@sopuli.xyz 0 points 3 years ago* (1 child) yeah there's a tradeoff. it's either server-encrypted with your "cloud password" or e2e encrypted in which case you lose chat sync. like you're supposed to use non-e2e chats for regular conversations, and encrypted ones for anything even remotely sensitive audio/video calls are always encrypted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 years ago* (1 child) Or just do it like Matrix or Signal or even WhatsApp which have both E2EE and chat sync permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vox@sopuli.xyz -1 points 3 years ago* (1 child) yeah they can do sync but it's rather janky and requires both devices to be on. there are some advantages to telegram's cloud chat system, even though it's much less secure. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago They don't though. Only WhatsApp does. The other ones don't require both devices to be on. Also it's not janky at all (with the exception of WhatsApp) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 0 points 3 years ago* (1 child) yeah there's a tradeoff. it's either server-encrypted with your "cloud password" or e2e encrypted in which case you lose chat sync. like you're supposed to use non-e2e chats for regular conversations, and encrypted ones for anything even remotely sensitive audio/video calls are always encrypted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 years ago* (1 child) Or just do it like Matrix or Signal or even WhatsApp which have both E2EE and chat sync permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vox@sopuli.xyz -1 points 3 years ago* (1 child) yeah they can do sync but it's rather janky and requires both devices to be on. there are some advantages to telegram's cloud chat system, even though it's much less secure. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago They don't though. Only WhatsApp does. The other ones don't require both devices to be on. Also it's not janky at all (with the exception of WhatsApp) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 years ago* (1 child) Or just do it like Matrix or Signal or even WhatsApp which have both E2EE and chat sync permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vox@sopuli.xyz -1 points 3 years ago* (1 child) yeah they can do sync but it's rather janky and requires both devices to be on. there are some advantages to telegram's cloud chat system, even though it's much less secure. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago They don't though. Only WhatsApp does. The other ones don't require both devices to be on. Also it's not janky at all (with the exception of WhatsApp) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vox@sopuli.xyz -1 points 3 years ago* (1 child) yeah they can do sync but it's rather janky and requires both devices to be on. there are some advantages to telegram's cloud chat system, even though it's much less secure. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago They don't though. Only WhatsApp does. The other ones don't require both devices to be on. Also it's not janky at all (with the exception of WhatsApp) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago They don't though. Only WhatsApp does. The other ones don't require both devices to be on. Also it's not janky at all (with the exception of WhatsApp) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] masterairmagic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago indeed, that's true. Whatsapp is years behind Telegram in features. permalink fedilink source parent