@peterbuch TelegramLogin is open source and there are no intentions to monetize it. You can fork this project on github and host it by yourself (even with your own Telegram bot), alternatively you can use the hosted version of TelegramLogin free of charge. TelegramLogin is a proof of concept. We think messengers are emerging social platforms and the future of the web, therefore we wanted to bring 3rd party authentication (such as Facebook Login, Twitter OAuth, Google OpenId Connect, ...) to a messenger platform such as Telegram.
Would love to see it on other messengers like WhatsApp as well :)
Very interesting to see a proof of concept for authenticating using Telegram. When you consider how popular Facebook, Twitter and Google authentication became over time and how sophisticated the products/services are compared to something slim like a messenger.
Fascinating how just a few years ago I was quite convinced that something like OpenID will become widely adopted and today looks more like supporting a specific set of authentication providers depending on your audience.
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Thanks for sharing it @__tosh! It'd be interesting to see how popular the Telegram authentication will become in a few years.
@smalzner No, it's built with Telegram's bot platform and it's not affiliated with the offiicial Telegram service in any way. It's not a hack, but build with official platform features and can theoretically be build on top of every messaging platform which provides a way to send messages to users programmatically.
Anyway, I would love to see it integrated in the official Telegram app :)
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Thanks for sharing @__tosh. Looks great. I was wondering how big telegram's user base is. Is there data available?
@malikelbay Unfortunately Telegram is not very open about user numbers. The last official number was announced in May 2015, stating that they hit 62 Mio monthly active users. Between May 2015 and Sept 2015 the number of daily sent messages has increased from 2 billion to 12 billion, so there's definitely a growth of engagement on this platform.
Also, during the 48h WhatsApp ban in Brazil (Dezember 2015) Telegram gained another 1.5 million users.
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@3x14159265 wow this is a great traction. Apparently Telegram offers several native clients. On which platforms can one get a client? Windows, Linux? I think this can lead to a big increade in users.
@malikelbay Telegram has official mobile clients for Android, iOS, Windows Phone and offical desktop clients for PC, Mac & Linux, as well as a web platform. In my opinion it's one of the best showcases how a messaging app works & syncs seamingless across multiple devices.
Messengers seem to be the next thing. They are becoming platforms like social networks did in the last decade. Using a messenger to login is the first step of a deeper integration between apps and messengers.
Which sources do you recommend to stay in the loop about all things messengers?
As someone who is passionate about passwords, or should I say removing them from registration, I am happy to see more products built around user login #NoNewPasswords
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@3x14159265 Do you think other messengers such as WhatsApp will follow this example? For instance almost excatly one year ago WhatsApp launched it's web services. Do think we will see more native clients from WhatsApp? And how about other messengers (WeChat, Threema, Kakao Talk)?
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