I like the concept of this. I was a big fan of Hangouts when they had minimizable in-browser windows. This would help with a lot of bootstrapped, fast-baked web projects, and might work awesomely for portfolios and contact pages.
My only question is security. Telegram already runs its encrypted (though this claim is debated) chat client. Using your server kind of circumnavigates that process? Even if you don't store info in your database?
What're your plans for the app? Building it up? Sleeker designs? Possible profitability, or just a fun project?
Hi @tristanisham, Thanks for the feedback!
As you say Intergram should be a good fit for small business and portfolio pages, it was built with just that in mind. It started out as just a fun project, and I do plan to keep it free and clear from ads, but since I see usage going up, and running costs starting to rise, I am thinking of a way to monetize it soon.
Regarding security - I think that a big part of the appeal of Intergram, is the complete anonymity of the chat visitor - a visitor is more likely to use a live chat widget that requires no login or identification. As far as I know, there is no Telegram API that will enable end to end encryption without both sides authenticating through Telegram.
Intergram messages are sent over SSL in both directions and are not stored anywhere, but are decrypted on the server. I think that this is a fare trade-off, considering that security can never be perfect when you have no way to validate the identity of the other side.
