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Here is a really fucked up Telegram mis-feature I discovered recently: If Alice and Bob are in the same chat and Bob has Alice's number stored in their phone
by forgotmypw17 6y ago
Here is a really fucked up Telegram mis-feature I discovered recently:
If Alice and Bob are in the same chat
and
Bob has Alice's number stored in their phone's contacts list
and
Bob refers to Alice in the chat (using @Alice)
then
Telegram will disclose to all the chat participants whatever name Bob has stored for Alice in their contacts (instead of the name Alice specified in their Telegram profile)
- kayodelycaon 6y agoThis is why I got a cheap burner sim.
- ignoramous 6y agoYou can vend burner numbers and don't need to own a sim per se. Check out apps like Numero eSIM.
- wtn 6y agoThis is why I block mobile messenger apps from accessing my contacts.
- rideontime 6y agoThat doesn't help you if you're Alice.
- Nemo_bis 6y agoThat's incorrect. Telegram shows what the user has sent, only that. The autocompletion depends on whether the mentioned user has chosen a username, and other factors.