What is Telegram: the new WhatsApp? Time for a change
Telegram gives you the ability to send messages and photos with a self-destruct timer, much like another popular app. Like Snapchat, it's still possible to screenshot these images or texts before they disappear within the 'secret chat'. Within a secret chat, documents, videos, locations and searched images can all be shared, last from two seconds from up to a week. The app prides itself on its enhanced security, which it attributes to time-tested algorithms which combine security with high-speed delivery and reliability.
A secret chat uses end-to-end encryption, meaning nobody but the sender and recipient can read the messages - not even the Telegram staff. Secret chat messages can't be forwarded to others outside of the conversation, and no trace is left on their servers. So confident is Telegram in the security of their messages, they're offering $200,000 worth of Bitcoin to the first hacker to break into its encrypted protcol until March 1. It's also cloud-based, meaning messages can be sent and accessed from multiple devices, including desktops.
While its unlikely the majority of Telegram's five million new users will have real cause to use the self-destruct feature beyond a bit of sexting, it's a fascinating area. Following the revelations the NSA pulled data from apps including Angry Birds, there is a growing demand for safer, more secure forms of exchanging information, and though it has yet to add the audio message and soon to be voice calls enjoyed by WhatsApp fans, Telegram could just be the next big thing.
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