DaseinPickle@leminal.space to privacy@lemmy.ca · 3 months agoTelegram’s peer-to-peer SMS login service is a privacy nightmaretechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down11
arrow-up151arrow-down1external-linkTelegram’s peer-to-peer SMS login service is a privacy nightmaretechcrunch.comDaseinPickle@leminal.space to privacy@lemmy.ca · 3 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squarerdri@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·edit-23 months ago “People can get your number and even understand that you are using telegram” And they could always find that about a random telephone number if they wanted, it didn’t need to have anything to do with this specific feature/campaign.
minus-squareLWD@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoI remember when Telegram Inc was aware that could cause some massive issues down the line, and their response was to ignore it. Then a state level actor abused this, and Telegram declared there was no issue, and they had fixed the issue.
minus-squarerdri@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoWelp, I wish there would be some massive movement against the feature of using the phone number as a login for any services.
And they could always find that about a random telephone number if they wanted, it didn’t need to have anything to do with this specific feature/campaign.
I remember when Telegram Inc was aware that could cause some massive issues down the line, and their response was to ignore it.
Then a state level actor abused this, and Telegram declared there was no issue, and they had fixed the issue.
Welp, I wish there would be some massive movement against the feature of using the phone number as a login for any services.