DaseinPickle@leminal.space to privacy@lemmy.ca · 8 months agoTelegram’s peer-to-peer SMS login service is a privacy nightmaretechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTelegram’s peer-to-peer SMS login service is a privacy nightmaretechcrunch.comDaseinPickle@leminal.space to privacy@lemmy.ca · 8 months agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squarerdri@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-28 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-up0·8 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-up0arrow-down1·8 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.