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On Telegram if anyone else has your phone number in their contacts then they’d know it’s you even if you initiated the communication via username. Or that’s how
by crossroadsguy 5y ago
On Telegram if anyone else has your phone number in their contacts then they’d know it’s you even if you initiated the communication via username. Or that’s how it was. I am not sure if this has changed/been fixed.
- AnonC 5y agoThis doesn't necessarily have to be the case. A couple of years ago when the large scale protests were going on in Hong Kong, authorities found people who were using Telegram, Signal, etc., by adding all phone numbers to their devices' address book/contacts list. Telegram quickly adapted and brought a new setting wherein others would only get to know you were on Telegram only if you had them in your contacts list. Telegram has been, and is, far superior in hiding your presence to others than Signal is.
- alerighi 5y agoOnly by default, you can opt out this behaviour. But I don't see a problem with it, if someone already has my number he doesn't get much more information (beside the fact that I may want to have a "secret" Telegram account. But in that case you can register it with another phone number).