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for telegram you need a phone number as well, which is bad if not for security, then for privacy reasons
by cookieswumchorr 6y ago
for telegram you need a phone number as well, which is bad if not for security, then for privacy reasons
- fsflover 6y agoYou can use a separate dumbphone for the sms verifications. It's at least much better.
- justcool393 6y agoor a VoIP number
- cookieswumchorr 6y agoa sim card or a reliable dedicated voip number cost money and leak your identity. it is just a bit harder to trace (one more step involved). what telegram could do to allow private use and still avoid spam would be selling phone-less accounts for crypto. And maybe mark these anonymous accounts for other users to make them suspicious of potential scammers.
- AnonC 6y agoYou can hide your phone numbers from other Telegram users and still chat with them (this is the default). On Signal, anyone you chat with will have your phone number.
- ffpip 6y agoWhile you can hide your phone number, I don't think that is the default. https://telegram.org/faq#q-who-can-see-my-phone-number https://telegram.org/faq#q-who-can-see-my-phone-number
- detaro 6y agoDoesn't your link say exactly what parent said?
- ffpip 6y agoNow that I think of it, my comment was unnecessary. > your number is only visible to people who you've added to your address book as contacts Means they already have my number. There is still a tiny difference. I can pick a username and chat with people who have my phone number (without them knowing it is me). It's a very small difference.
- detaro 6y agoWell not quite, since you might have had their number but they not yours. But if you just talk to someone on Telegram, they are not automatically added to your address book, and thus can't see it by default (as I understand it)