Subj : In the future.. w/Telegram?
To   : Jay Harris
From : August Abolins
Date : Sat Aug 15 2020 09:57 pm

Hello Jay!

** On Saturday 15.08.20 - 05:44, Jay Harris wrote to August Abolins:

 JH> On 14 Aug 2020, August Abolins said the following...

 AA>> I succeeded getting through to the next level with one of the
 AA>> numbers. The SMS code showed up at freephonenum.com.  I entered the
 AA>> code and then I was transported to an "enter your cloud password"
 AA>> panel.  What is that?
 AA>>
 AA>> I could not get passed that.

 JH> It sounds like someone has already registered a Telegram account with
 JH> that phone number & has enabled two factor authentication.

Yes, that is what I was sensing when I was getting repeated fails.  I  
ended up using my own cell # and it worked.

THEREFORE, the original article about using Telegram without your own  
telephone number is misleading.  Since the registration is tied to the  
number, the numbers offered at places like freephonenum.com or  
receivesms.org are not a good choice.  If you need to reregister, it would  
be unlikely that the same number would be available anymore.

Anyway..  I'm in now using the desktop version.   I am not sure how  
feasible the fidonet experience would be on a smartphone.  But here is an  
app that is already built for all the popular platforms and ready to go.   
With the gating that someone has figured out, the telegram/fidonet pairing  
could be a fine match.



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