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hmmm... didn't know that...
have to take a looky-loo

I'm just now fiddling with telegram via pidgin...
been a looooong time since I used pidgin....
like way back on one of my n800's

I feel your pain. Every girl I meet wants to chat on WhatsApp and I'm forced to suggest that we chat on other inferior proprietary chat protocols that they do use. I was very anti-WhatsApp for a long time but since they've enforced end-to-end encryption, I've given in and am willing to use it (see my rant in the Sailfish thread), the only problem is that I can't. The encryption puts it ahead most other proprietary solutions, even ahead of Telegram in my book, which still goes through a centralised server but doesn't enforce end-to-end encryption. I don't know anyone who uses Telegram so I'm not going to ask anyone to switch to that, especially as I consider it to be inferior.

The WhatsApp web client has already been discussed in this thread and was ruled out but perhaps it offers the best hope and we should look into a way to make it work on the N900.

We would need to get the N900 to generate the unique ID that is normally generated by the mobile app after it scans the QR code.

Have a look at this:

https://github.com/hayageek/WhatsApp-Web

I haven't looked into it in much detail but it appears to do what we need.

Once this has been implemented, maybe Yappari could be modified to use the REST API of the web client.

i think you are missing something ..
whatsapp web needs you to have a supported device online at the same time as you use the web interface ... so it's pointless for those of us who only have N900. This is not a once-off requirement ...

Or have we misunderstood something?

I realise this. What I'm trying to say is that maybe the N900 could be made to act as a supported device. It might be easier to implement only the part of the mobile app that allows the web client to work, rather than implement the whole protocol and encryption which has caused developers problems.

hahaha....
ah thanks wicket...
good to know there is a lonely n900 hearts club!
hahaha
"and ... yes... I too am a member..."

as far as whatsapp web goes...
oh I have become quite adept at it's usage...
incredible what one does in the name of testosteronic need.

Now I do know that I use my n900's phone number no problem to sign up for whatsapp and use an android (piece of crap) to chat on... and utilize whatsapp web on my laptop... so use case there works. Or I've been hallucinating my chats.

so I see no difficulty in say... having an android phone...(number on it and whatsapp) in your pocket..
and utilizing whatsapp web on a n900.
technically it should work...
you'd think...
as long as you can scan the code.

just an idea....

I for one will not get a phone number for the android phone.
so I am not about to go that far.

You see no problem using both Android and Whatsit but you see a problem getting an anonymous, disposable, prepaid SIM card with zero credit for $0.99? Strange...

hahaha

oh no ... not strange at all...

I get a sim for that android piece of poo..
the next thing ya know...
I'm skulking around android forums instead of here!

That'd be a real miss, I certainly hope you won'st succumb to it!

PS: congrats for your new-found love life too!

But you've crossed that line already!!! You've succumbed to the Android's lure in the name of lust love (BTW, allow me to join juiceme in congratulating you). You've made the journey of 1000 steps and refuse to take the 1001st