Questions tagged [telegram]
Use for questions about Telegram, the messaging app, and it's bot API.
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Can my IP be found on Telegram by malicious people?
I have been threatened on a private group chat on Telegram. I want to know if it's possible for malicious people associated to who threatened me (hackers or experts) can get my IP address from ...
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Why is Telegram's server-side code closed source?
Why is Telegram's server-side code closed source, but the client code is open source? Does having closed source servers improve its security?
Telegram FAQ page:
Q: Can I get Telegram's server-side ...
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Is it possible that Telegram's OTP has been hacked?
A couple of my friends have been in a kind of pickle recently. There have been attempts to hack their Telegram accounts and hackers somehow learned their one time pass codes but the login attempts ...
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How to safely download files from Telegram using Sandboxie?
I need to download certain files from Telegram. It is mostly images and videos. I am aware that even this kind of files can contain malicious code, so I want to be 100% safe. (The files usually ...
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Can t.me links be malicious?
I clicked inadvertently on this link in a telegram channel - a popoup window says “user doesn’t exist”.
A virustotal scan did not find anything. Do you think this kind of link could be used to execute ...
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Difference between the telegram (win1) desktop app and web interface when it is "managed by your organization"?
Sometime ago I was told by our cyber department that Telegram desktop app is not "safe" as it allows silent installation of programs (first I heard about it, and they could not back it by ...
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PGP identity for Telegram account
I want to use a Telegram username instead of an email address in a PGP key.
Is there an agreed upon standard for doing this? Do you know a software or service which acts as a bridge to connect a PGP ...
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Is there any way to de-link a secure messenger (Telegram/Signal/WhatsApp) from phone number?
I understand, that mobile phone verification is probably the most convenient way to validate real users and avoid spam, but those "secure/private" messengers are afterward still bound to ...
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Security of apps based on Telegram api?
I am using a telegram api based app named "TurboTel Pro". I am happy with its different look and settings but I am concerned about the data it would take of me.
Can someone tell me what data ...
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Is it possible to detect a Telegram user by sniffing traffic?
Here's the article from the Belarusian website http://dev.by, it is an interview with a former member of dictator Lukashenko band (so-called Chief Organized Crime and Corruption Fighting Directorate). ...
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Telegram, Signal, WhatsApp: chats encrypted in local storage on mobile devices?
I wonder if the chat content's are encrypted in local storage on mobile devices (iOS, Android).
I hardly found any reliable information about this topic.
My thought is about somebody stealing my ...
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How to prevent Apple and Google from accessing Telegram messages
Telegram is completely blocked in my country (entire IP range and domain of telegram is blocked), and I cannot access messages by telegram app. However, notifications for newly received telegram ...
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If i download a pic in telegram secret chat on a public wifi then can hacker see the photo? [duplicate]
I downloaded a sensitive pic on telegram's secret chat which contained important details on public wifi, can anyone on the same wifi see what i downloaded and saved in my gallery?
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What secure mobile messaging app is publicly known to be the most frustrating for state intelligence to read? [closed]
I imagine like either leaked or otherwise published official memos on efforts and signals intelligence programs to intercept and crack different types of communications either lamenting or chronicling ...
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How does Telegram's secret-splitting scheme work?
The Telegram FAQ's state that they are not able to comply with court orders from one country alone because they "split the encryption keys and spread them over multiple jurisdictions".
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