Telegram
Russian chat app
Telegram is a cloud-based messaging application launched in 2013, known for its encryption features and large group chat capacity.
The platform has attracted users seeking privacy, though it has also drawn controversy for hosting extremist content: They moved the discussion to Telegram. (Lowercase telegram is a message sent by telegraph.)
Passage for transmission
- botAutomated software agent
- stickerAdhesive-backed paper or plastic
- groupAssembled collection of things
- supergroupBand of already-famous musicians
broadcast · username · API · Russia · VPN · cloud · chat · messaging
Transformed into cipher
- encryptionConverting data into code
- privacyFreedom from observation
- secretConcealed information
- secureProtected from harm
channel
Passage for transmission
- botAutomated software agent
- stickerAdhesive-backed paper or plastic
- groupAssembled collection of things
supergroup · broadcast · username · API · Russia · VPN · cloud · chat · messaging
encrypted
Transformed into cipher
- encryptionConverting data into code
- privacyFreedom from observation
- secretConcealed information
- appsapps, browser, software, calculator, calendar
- Communication AppsZoom, Skype, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, FaceTime
- digital communicationemail, internet, chat, texting, messaging
- social mediaposts, post, influencer status, followers, tweet
- messagingmessage, text, chat, send, reply
- messaging methodstext messaging, SMS, email, instant messaging, WhatsApp
Telegramemail
Digital written communication
text message · instant message · WhatsApp · video call · social media post
Telegramletter
Written symbol or message
postcard · snail mail · surface mail · time capsule · message in a bottle
- singing telegramsPerformed songs as gifts
- telegraph cablesWires transmitting electrical messages
- telegraph polesPosts supporting communication lines
- telegraph wiresCables carrying coded messages
- telegraph linesElectrical message transmission cables
- telegraph operatorTransmits coded wire messages
telegraph, telegrams, telegraphic, telegraphy, telegrapher, telegraphist