Android Telegram Source v5.15 has been released
Telegram-FOSS should follow relatively quickly as usual, you will be notified.
Changelog
No sign of server or TGX sources yet. No sign of Telegram caring about E2E (secret chats) either as Telegram Desktop still doesn't have it. (Only the Mac client that's made by another developer.)
🔒
Telegram-FOSS should follow relatively quickly as usual, you will be notified.
Changelog
No sign of server or TGX sources yet. No sign of Telegram caring about E2E (secret chats) either as Telegram Desktop still doesn't have it. (Only the Mac client that's made by another developer.)
🔒
Telegram-FOSS v5.15 has been released!
The new version is only available via the TG-FOSS repository here, as F-Droid has not built yet. You'll receive a quick notification once F-Droid is ready too.
Thanks to the Telegram-FOSS maintainers for a prompt update!
Keep in mind the signature is different from the F-Droid version.
Changelog
No sign of server or TGX sources yet whatsoever.
🔒
The new version is only available via the TG-FOSS repository here, as F-Droid has not built yet. You'll receive a quick notification once F-Droid is ready too.
Thanks to the Telegram-FOSS maintainers for a prompt update!
Keep in mind the signature is different from the F-Droid version.
Changelog
No sign of server or TGX sources yet whatsoever.
🔒
TF-BETA-THERMATK-v5.15.0.apk
37.3 MB
Telegram-FOSS Github version
SHA-256:
SHA-256:
3c9a7edcf5674beece439c1dd23efedd18759677a15e2171a3d6500609ac1fd7
🔒Telegram-FOSS v5.15 is now available on F-Droid!
Refresh F-Droid to update
F-Droid package
Changelog
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Refresh F-Droid to update
F-Droid package
Changelog
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Here a special post from @PrivacyToday relating to the current crisis. Please help if you can and/or share to those who can! (In general too, this is always useful for cancer research and others.)
Forwarded from Privacy Today
Help defeat Corona Virus with your hardware 🖥
This is unrelated to our usual topics, but it concerns everyone. You surely must have heard of SETI or BOINC or folding@home, massively distributed supercomputing where everyone can contribute their computer's power. These systems allow researchers to distribute complex work to many millions of computers. To help, download the folding@home software and pick "Any" from the dropdown menu (COVID-19 is included there, it may get a separate button later).
Current Corona specific projects (you don't need to do anything to get them, the software will do it for you):
➡️ 14530/14531 Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 causing virus) protease - potential drug target
➡️ 14328 - Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 causing virus) protease - potential drug target
➡️ 11741: Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 causing virus) receptor binding domain in complex with human receptor ACE2.
➡️ 11746: Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 causing virus) receptor binding domain in complex with human receptor ACE2 (alternative structure to 11741).
➡️ 11742: Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 causing virus) protease in complex with an inhibitor.
➡️ 11743: Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 causing virus) protease – potential drug target.
➡️ 11744: Coronavirus SARS-CoV (SARS causing virus) receptor binding domain trapped by a SARS-CoV S230 antibody.
➡️ 11745: Coronavirus SARS-CoV (SARS causing virus) receptor binding domain mutated to the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 causing virus) trapped by a SARS-CoV S230 antibody.
Every CPU cycle counts! Better with massive GPUs of course, but if millions of people 🌎 join together even normal CPUs help.
While we do not support Reddit , some posts on there do have merit.
Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/fhb5e4/coronavirus_specific_gpu_projects_are_now/
🛡
This is unrelated to our usual topics, but it concerns everyone. You surely must have heard of SETI or BOINC or folding@home, massively distributed supercomputing where everyone can contribute their computer's power. These systems allow researchers to distribute complex work to many millions of computers. To help, download the folding@home software and pick "Any" from the dropdown menu (COVID-19 is included there, it may get a separate button later).
Current Corona specific projects (you don't need to do anything to get them, the software will do it for you):
➡️ 14530/14531 Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 causing virus) protease - potential drug target
➡️ 14328 - Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 causing virus) protease - potential drug target
➡️ 11741: Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 causing virus) receptor binding domain in complex with human receptor ACE2.
➡️ 11746: Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 causing virus) receptor binding domain in complex with human receptor ACE2 (alternative structure to 11741).
➡️ 11742: Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 causing virus) protease in complex with an inhibitor.
➡️ 11743: Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 causing virus) protease – potential drug target.
➡️ 11744: Coronavirus SARS-CoV (SARS causing virus) receptor binding domain trapped by a SARS-CoV S230 antibody.
➡️ 11745: Coronavirus SARS-CoV (SARS causing virus) receptor binding domain mutated to the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 causing virus) trapped by a SARS-CoV S230 antibody.
Every CPU cycle counts! Better with massive GPUs of course, but if millions of people 🌎 join together even normal CPUs help.
While we do not support Reddit , some posts on there do have merit.
Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/fhb5e4/coronavirus_specific_gpu_projects_are_now/
🛡
Forwarded from Privacy Today
Before you get suspicious of your processing power being used for other purposes such as cryptocurrency mining, rest assured this is legit and coming from the real folding@home initiative. We suggest you read the following links to get more information about the whole process of protein folding and how that helps scientists come up with working vaccines and drugs against COVID-19 and not only. Make sure to use only the offical F@H software.
You can verify the link 🔗 with Wikipedia or any other source.
🦠 https://foldingathome.org/2020/02/27/foldinghome-takes-up-the-fight-against-covid-19-2019-ncov/
➡️ https://foldingathome.org/start-folding/
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You can verify the link 🔗 with Wikipedia or any other source.
🦠 https://foldingathome.org/2020/02/27/foldinghome-takes-up-the-fight-against-covid-19-2019-ncov/
➡️ https://foldingathome.org/start-folding/
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Wikipedia
Folding@home
Volunteer computing project simulating protein folding
Forwarded from Privacy Today
⚠️ PSA: To all German users, starting from tomorrow (2020-03-22), Telekom and Telefonica providers will hand over your phone's movement data to the government and other authorities. This is happening behind our backs using the COVID-19 situation as a cover-up! Telekom has already transferred 5GB of movement data to a Government institute (RKI) on Tuesday.
Click on the following link to start the opt-out process if you're a customer of Telekom:
🔗 https://www.optout-service.telekom-dienste.de/public/anmeldung.jsp
Telekom claims to anonymize mobile data, which is then passed on to the Telekom subsidiary Motionlogic GmbH in aggregate form. They are also grabbing data related to the age group (by 10 year increments), gender and the first 4 digits of your postcode. After inputting your details, you will receive a 4-digit code via SMS.
Click on the following link to start the opt-out process if you're a customer of Telefonica:
🔗 https://www.telefonica.de/dap/selbst-entscheiden
Telefonica is also claiming the same as Telekom, as in they anonymize the data and will only use it for analysis afterwards. The procedure is the same as above, you enter your details and receive a one-time password via SMS.
If you're a Vodafone user, you probably need to go into the app 📱 and disable everything. They have about 20 telemetry functions. Web login doesn't work with Vodafone prepaid SIMs, unless you manually request a password for it from their customer service.
Make sure to opt-out NOW before this goes into effect tomorrow!
--- Austria ---
Same phenomenon is also happening right now in Austria. The government currently receives - "anonymously" - the movement data of its customers from the domestic mobile operator A1. A1 claims its approach is GDPR-compliant. A1 also emphasized that the data could not be used to draw any conclusions about the individual cell phone user and that each cell phone is assigned a number that is automatically generated randomly for tracking. All these numbers are freshly assigned every 24 hours.
--- Italy ---
Italy, the European country hit worst by COVID-19 until now, has also requested aggregated data from the providers to track the movement of people, in order to try and contain the spread of the virus. The vice president of the region of Lombardy said more than 40% of people have moved further than 200-300 metres from their houses, based on data provided by the telecom providers.
--- Other countries ---
Following the grave situation of COVID-19, other countries are also expected to take the same steps related to the aggregation of customer movement data.
⛔️ While public health might be more important than movement tracking in the current situation, this can set dangerous precedent and open the way for these institutions to normalize similar behaviour and process these data points in the future for malicious purposes.
🤔 What do you as a citizen think? Do you trust these institutions to be benevolent with the data/power they possess?
ℹ️ Sources:
https://orf.at/stories/3158211/
https://netzpolitik.org/2020/unverhofftes-datengeschenk/
https://www.borsaitaliana.it/borsa/notizie/radiocor/economia/dettaglio/coronavirus-fsala-lombardia-40-persone-esce-da-casa-non-va-bene-nRC_17032020_1836_602124871.html
🛡
Click on the following link to start the opt-out process if you're a customer of Telekom:
🔗 https://www.optout-service.telekom-dienste.de/public/anmeldung.jsp
Telekom claims to anonymize mobile data, which is then passed on to the Telekom subsidiary Motionlogic GmbH in aggregate form. They are also grabbing data related to the age group (by 10 year increments), gender and the first 4 digits of your postcode. After inputting your details, you will receive a 4-digit code via SMS.
Click on the following link to start the opt-out process if you're a customer of Telefonica:
🔗 https://www.telefonica.de/dap/selbst-entscheiden
Telefonica is also claiming the same as Telekom, as in they anonymize the data and will only use it for analysis afterwards. The procedure is the same as above, you enter your details and receive a one-time password via SMS.
If you're a Vodafone user, you probably need to go into the app 📱 and disable everything. They have about 20 telemetry functions. Web login doesn't work with Vodafone prepaid SIMs, unless you manually request a password for it from their customer service.
Make sure to opt-out NOW before this goes into effect tomorrow!
--- Austria ---
Same phenomenon is also happening right now in Austria. The government currently receives - "anonymously" - the movement data of its customers from the domestic mobile operator A1. A1 claims its approach is GDPR-compliant. A1 also emphasized that the data could not be used to draw any conclusions about the individual cell phone user and that each cell phone is assigned a number that is automatically generated randomly for tracking. All these numbers are freshly assigned every 24 hours.
--- Italy ---
Italy, the European country hit worst by COVID-19 until now, has also requested aggregated data from the providers to track the movement of people, in order to try and contain the spread of the virus. The vice president of the region of Lombardy said more than 40% of people have moved further than 200-300 metres from their houses, based on data provided by the telecom providers.
--- Other countries ---
Following the grave situation of COVID-19, other countries are also expected to take the same steps related to the aggregation of customer movement data.
⛔️ While public health might be more important than movement tracking in the current situation, this can set dangerous precedent and open the way for these institutions to normalize similar behaviour and process these data points in the future for malicious purposes.
🤔 What do you as a citizen think? Do you trust these institutions to be benevolent with the data/power they possess?
ℹ️ Sources:
https://orf.at/stories/3158211/
https://netzpolitik.org/2020/unverhofftes-datengeschenk/
https://www.borsaitaliana.it/borsa/notizie/radiocor/economia/dettaglio/coronavirus-fsala-lombardia-40-persone-esce-da-casa-non-va-bene-nRC_17032020_1836_602124871.html
🛡
ℹ️ Android Telegram v6 binary + source code have been released
Telegram-FOSS should follow relatively quickly as usual, you will be notified.
🔃 Main changes: folders and ego tracking since apparently that is a #lifegoal today (the very detailed statistics may reveal some more privacy issues, we'll keep you updated)
🗃 Changelog:
- Organize chats into Chat Folders if you have too many chats.
- Create custom folders with flexible settings, or use default recommendations.
- Pin an unlimited number of chats in each folder.
- Swipe between folders to easily access all of your chats.
- View detailed statistics about the growth of your channels and the performance of their posts.
- Send 🎲
- Send 🦠, 🤒, 😷, 🤕, 🤧, 🤢, 🤮, 🧼, 💉, 💊 or 🚑 to any chat to check them out.
🚩 Telegram's blog post about the update
No sign of server or TGX sources yet. No sign of Telegram caring about E2E (secret chats) either as Telegram Desktop still doesn't have it. (Only the Mac client that's made by another developer.)
🔒
Telegram-FOSS should follow relatively quickly as usual, you will be notified.
🔃 Main changes: folders and ego tracking since apparently that is a #lifegoal today (the very detailed statistics may reveal some more privacy issues, we'll keep you updated)
🗃 Changelog:
- Organize chats into Chat Folders if you have too many chats.
- Create custom folders with flexible settings, or use default recommendations.
- Pin an unlimited number of chats in each folder.
- Swipe between folders to easily access all of your chats.
- View detailed statistics about the growth of your channels and the performance of their posts.
- Send 🎲
:dice: to any chat to try your luck and get a random number from the animated dice.- Send 🦠, 🤒, 😷, 🤕, 🤧, 🤢, 🤮, 🧼, 💉, 💊 or 🚑 to any chat to check them out.
🚩 Telegram's blog post about the update
No sign of server or TGX sources yet. No sign of Telegram caring about E2E (secret chats) either as Telegram Desktop still doesn't have it. (Only the Mac client that's made by another developer.)
🔒
🎉 Telegram-FOSS v6.0.1 has been released!
The 🆕 version is only available via the TG-FOSS repository here, as F-Droid has not built yet. You'll receive a quick notification 🔔 once F-Droid is ready too.
👏🏻 Thanks to the Telegram-FOSS maintainers for a prompt update!
Keep in mind the signature is different from the F-Droid version.
Changelog
No sign of server or TGX sources yet whatsoever.
🔒
The 🆕 version is only available via the TG-FOSS repository here, as F-Droid has not built yet. You'll receive a quick notification 🔔 once F-Droid is ready too.
👏🏻 Thanks to the Telegram-FOSS maintainers for a prompt update!
Keep in mind the signature is different from the F-Droid version.
Changelog
No sign of server or TGX sources yet whatsoever.
🔒
TF-BETA-THERMATK-v6.0.1.apk
49.1 MB
Telegram-FOSS GitHub version
🔑 SHA-256:
🔑 SHA-256:
d338024f4f9353bbd3868ea39691a6b8a1cbea5f8b5aeb4a579a50333ef51e71
🔒🔄 Telegram-FOSS v6.0.1 is now available on F-Droid!
Refresh F-Droid to update
📦F-Droid package
⬇️ If this does not yield anything, it can be any of these reasons:
- You have discovered another F-Droid bug
- F-Droid repositories are down again
- The TG-FOSS maintainers set the wrong 'suggested' tag again
You may wish to simply use the GitHub version we link here as it's faster and easier. It is labeled as "beta", even though it's the current stable version.
If you do prefer to use a client, we can strongly recommend @AuroraDroid by our friend Rahul. It's much more stable.
🔗 Changelog
No sign of server or TGX sources yet whatsoever.
🔒
Refresh F-Droid to update
📦F-Droid package
⬇️ If this does not yield anything, it can be any of these reasons:
- You have discovered another F-Droid bug
- F-Droid repositories are down again
- The TG-FOSS maintainers set the wrong 'suggested' tag again
You may wish to simply use the GitHub version we link here as it's faster and easier. It is labeled as "beta", even though it's the current stable version.
If you do prefer to use a client, we can strongly recommend @AuroraDroid by our friend Rahul. It's much more stable.
🔗 Changelog
No sign of server or TGX sources yet whatsoever.
🔒
ℹ️ Android Telegram v6.1 binary + source code have been released
Telegram-FOSS should follow relatively quickly as usual, you will be notified.
🔃 Main changes: Fluff and more lag on low end devices. Videochats have been announced for 2020.
🗃 Changelog:
- Fully redesigned attachment menu with animated icons.
- 20,000+ stickers from professional artists now available in the updated sticker panel.
- Added explanations and timers for quiz questions.
- To accompany the animated 🎲 emoji from last update, you can now take a shot at throwing animated darts 🎯 in any chat to see who hits the bullseye first.
🚩 Telegram's blog post about the update
No sign of server or TGX sources yet. No sign of Telegram caring about E2E (secret chats) either as Telegram Desktop still doesn't have it. (Only the Mac client that's made by another developer.)
🔒
Telegram-FOSS should follow relatively quickly as usual, you will be notified.
🔃 Main changes: Fluff and more lag on low end devices. Videochats have been announced for 2020.
🗃 Changelog:
- Fully redesigned attachment menu with animated icons.
- 20,000+ stickers from professional artists now available in the updated sticker panel.
- Added explanations and timers for quiz questions.
- To accompany the animated 🎲 emoji from last update, you can now take a shot at throwing animated darts 🎯 in any chat to see who hits the bullseye first.
🚩 Telegram's blog post about the update
No sign of server or TGX sources yet. No sign of Telegram caring about E2E (secret chats) either as Telegram Desktop still doesn't have it. (Only the Mac client that's made by another developer.)
🔒
🎉 Telegram-FOSS v6.1.1 has been released!
The 🆕 version is only available below or via the TG-FOSS repository here, as F-Droid has not built yet. You'll receive a quick notification 🔔 once F-Droid is ready too.
👏🏻 Thanks to the Telegram-FOSS maintainers for a prompt update!
Since last time, upstream has been updated with small changes that weren't worth a notification:
- More bugfixes
- Added support for Covid19-related PSA (Basically a bar on top)
Keep in mind the signature is different from the F-Droid version. (no cross-updating)
Changelog
No sign of server or TGX sources yet whatsoever.
🔒
The 🆕 version is only available below or via the TG-FOSS repository here, as F-Droid has not built yet. You'll receive a quick notification 🔔 once F-Droid is ready too.
👏🏻 Thanks to the Telegram-FOSS maintainers for a prompt update!
Since last time, upstream has been updated with small changes that weren't worth a notification:
- More bugfixes
- Added support for Covid19-related PSA (Basically a bar on top)
Keep in mind the signature is different from the F-Droid version. (no cross-updating)
Changelog
No sign of server or TGX sources yet whatsoever.
🔒
TF-BETA-THERMATK-v6.1.1.apk
49 MB
Telegram-FOSS GitHub version
🔑 SHA-256:
🔑 SHA-256:
9964D3C749F37E73E31A042E5A0C03602A03E9A940684363FC36C2DE208CAAC3
🔒🔄 Telegram-FOSS v6.1.1 is now available on F-Droid!
Refresh F-Droid to update
📦F-Droid package
⬇️ If this does not yield anything, it can be any of these reasons:
- You have discovered another F-Droid bug
- F-Droid repositories are down again
- The TG-FOSS maintainers set the wrong 'suggested' tag again
You may wish to simply use the GitHub version we link here as it's faster and easier. It is labeled as "beta", even though it's the current stable version.
If you do prefer to use a client, we can strongly recommend @AuroraDroid by our friend Rahul. It's much more stable.
🔗 Changelog
No sign of server or TGX sources yet whatsoever.
🔒
Refresh F-Droid to update
📦F-Droid package
⬇️ If this does not yield anything, it can be any of these reasons:
- You have discovered another F-Droid bug
- F-Droid repositories are down again
- The TG-FOSS maintainers set the wrong 'suggested' tag again
You may wish to simply use the GitHub version we link here as it's faster and easier. It is labeled as "beta", even though it's the current stable version.
If you do prefer to use a client, we can strongly recommend @AuroraDroid by our friend Rahul. It's much more stable.
🔗 Changelog
No sign of server or TGX sources yet whatsoever.
🔒
ℹ️ Android Telegram v6.2 binary + source code have been released
Telegram-FOSS should follow relatively quickly as usual, you will be notified.
🔃 Main changes: Video editor changes, animated photos, new trending GIFs.
🗃 Changelog:
New Media Editor
- Enhance video quality, add drawings, text, stickers.
- Zoom in on media for high-precision drawing.
- Put animated stickers on photos or videos.
New GIF Panel
- Find GIFs quickly in emoji-based sections.
- GIFs load faster.
Improved Interfaces
- Send, edit, delete messages with new animations.
- Updated Video Player, Storage Usage settings, 2-Step Verification flow.
🚩 Telegram's blog post about the update
No sign of server or TGX sources yet. No sign of Telegram caring about E2E (secret chats) either as Telegram Desktop still doesn't have it. (Only the Mac client that's made by another developer.)
🔒
Telegram-FOSS should follow relatively quickly as usual, you will be notified.
🔃 Main changes: Video editor changes, animated photos, new trending GIFs.
🗃 Changelog:
New Media Editor
- Enhance video quality, add drawings, text, stickers.
- Zoom in on media for high-precision drawing.
- Put animated stickers on photos or videos.
New GIF Panel
- Find GIFs quickly in emoji-based sections.
- GIFs load faster.
Improved Interfaces
- Send, edit, delete messages with new animations.
- Updated Video Player, Storage Usage settings, 2-Step Verification flow.
🚩 Telegram's blog post about the update
No sign of server or TGX sources yet. No sign of Telegram caring about E2E (secret chats) either as Telegram Desktop still doesn't have it. (Only the Mac client that's made by another developer.)
🔒