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Hi, why did you choose a Telegram bot and not other popular chat platforms?

Hi codewithcheese, Telegram is known for it's security, so we started our first build on it.

Telegram is known for having dodgy security:

http://unhandledexpression.com/2013/12/17/telegram-stand-bac...

We actually wanted to develop on whatsapp. Whatsapp does not provide API's as rich as telegram. Further we wanted the telegram bot to be another way to use icliniq.com, our flagship portal. :)

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