I made telegram and i wanted to be sure Its safe and usable for chatting. Id like to give It between the contacts but idk since It has my phone Number and i put the @ in my profile. In the setting my Number Is hidden to others but idk ik not sure if i should use It or Just keep It for some groups.
What do you think?
I hope I didn’t disturb
Have a great day:3
I’ve been using it for ages with my friends and I’m not convinced about its privacy benefits compared to WhatsApp or Signal.
Also if I have my @ on I frequently get messages from complete strangers offering me ‘jobs’. I’ve also been added to some random groups without my consent. Seems Telegram has put some of these functionalities behind a premium subscription.
So safe? Not sure. Usable? Depending on your contact list there is a use case.
Ok ty
It’s categorically worse for privacy than signal. The latter is at least e2e encrypted. Probably also worse than WhatsApp, they also claim to be e2e encrypted, but it’s less certain because the apps are closed-source.
Added to group can be restricted without premium, but it is stupid that message from strangers can’t.
I also mean the other way around. Users who have premium can circumvent your settings.
Nope, you can’t turn off that everyone can message you unless you have premium.