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Telegram Now Shares Users’ IP and Phone Number on Legal Requests

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Please use a VPN before connecting to Telegram. Change your linked phone number. If you value your privacy pay for a VPN using Monero — I suggest Mullvad for $5/month for 5 devices.

As of today, Telegram is updating its privacy policy.

"Telegram now shares users’ IP and phone number on legal requests"


Telegram will now share users' phone numbers and IP addresses with law enforcement if they are found to be violating the platform's rules following a valid legal request.

According to a newly updated privacy policy announced by CEO Pavel Durov on Monday, Telegram will comply with such requests only after receiving a valid court order confirming that the user is a suspect in a criminal case that breaches the platform's Terms of Service.

Previously, Telegram's policy limited sensitive user information sharing to cases involving terror suspects.

"If Telegram receives a valid order from the relevant judicial authorities that confirms you're a suspect in a case involving criminal activities that violate the Telegram Terms of Service, we will perform a legal analysis of the request and may disclose your IP address and phone number to the relevant authorities," Durov said today.

"If any data is shared, we will include such occurrences in a quarterly transparency report published at: https://t.me/transparency."

However, Telegram's transparency submissions bot is not yet functional. A message stating, "We are updating this bot with current data. Please come back within the next few days," implies that Telegram is still working on bringing it online.


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Durov also revealed that Telegram had improved its search feature, which is known for widespread abuse to sell and promote illegal goods. He said a dedicated team has been working over the last few weeks to remove problematic content from the platform's search results.

"These measures should discourage criminals. Telegram Search is meant for finding friends and discovering news, not for promoting illegal goods," Durov added today.

"We won't let bad actors jeopardize the integrity of our platform for almost a billion users."

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The move comes after Durov, the Russian-born founder and CEO of Telegram, was arrested in France in connection with an investigation into Telegram's use for fraud, drug trafficking, and illegal content distribution.



Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...-users-ip-and-phone-number-on-legal-requests/
 
I have never understood this aversion to Telegram, especially not from people who write comments on a public, open forum that is also listed by search engines without registration. :ROFLMAO:
 
Oldman said:
This. I've been testing and using simplex. So far it's winning on all fronts. Nothing is required and lots of safety built in. Look it up. I told everyone about it, but was completely ignored. Oh well.
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Thanks for having our backs Old man! Hope you are most well and that you have a most beautiful day! :gsd_love: ???????
 
MashaSobaka said:
I have never understood this aversion to Telegram, especially not from people who write comments on a public, open forum that is also listed by search engines without registration. :ROFLMAO:
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That level of openness is in a way its own kind of security, if anyone can see what you write then most people would be conscious of posting personal identifying information. I say most because there are some people out there that will post their full addresses looking for a doggy hookup and are surprised someone came to their house. A website like here I'm expecting no level of security and act accordingly.

A place like telegram was setup to have full encryption and anonymity, and that held true until the CEO was arrested.
 
Anyone that is extremely knowledgeable in security and shit like that, check it out and give your opinion. Simplex.
 
pes said:
I have the problem of convincing all my contacts to yet again switch to a different app.
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This is the problem that I have. I basically convinced so many friends to switch to Telegram. And now I have to try to ask them again to switch to something like Signal, Wire, Simplex.
 
Oldman said:
Anyone that is extremely knowledgeable in security and shit like that, check it out and give your opinion. Simplex.
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Gave it a cursory look. How it doesn't use unique ID's is pretty fascinating , no need for a phone number or email, ability to create incognito profiles. Pair it with signal type end to end encryption, I'm finding it difficult to not like it. I may try to convince my Wire friends to switch to it. I decided long even before this Telegram mess to not use it for zoo stuff. With Telegram unless you consciously create a Secure Chat, all messages are not end to end encrypted and are stored on Telegram's servers.
 
Slickpelt said:
Please use a VPN before connecting to Telegram. Change your linked phone number. If you value your privacy pay for a VPN using Monero — I suggest Mullvad for $5/month for 5 devices.

As of today, Telegram is updating its privacy policy.

"Telegram now shares users’ IP and phone number on legal requests"


Telegram will now share users' phone numbers and IP addresses with law enforcement if they are found to be violating the platform's rules following a valid legal request.

According to a newly updated privacy policy announced by CEO Pavel Durov on Monday, Telegram will comply with such requests only after receiving a valid court order confirming that the user is a suspect in a criminal case that breaches the platform's Terms of Service.

Previously, Telegram's policy limited sensitive user information sharing to cases involving terror suspects.

"If Telegram receives a valid order from the relevant judicial authorities that confirms you're a suspect in a case involving criminal activities that violate the Telegram Terms of Service, we will perform a legal analysis of the request and may disclose your IP address and phone number to the relevant authorities," Durov said today.

"If any data is shared, we will include such occurrences in a quarterly transparency report published at: https://t.me/transparency."

However, Telegram's transparency submissions bot is not yet functional. A message stating, "We are updating this bot with current data. Please come back within the next few days," implies that Telegram is still working on bringing it online.


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Durov also revealed that Telegram had improved its search feature, which is known for widespread abuse to sell and promote illegal goods. He said a dedicated team has been working over the last few weeks to remove problematic content from the platform's search results.

"These measures should discourage criminals. Telegram Search is meant for finding friends and discovering news, not for promoting illegal goods," Durov added today.

"We won't let bad actors jeopardize the integrity of our platform for almost a billion users."

— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —


The move comes after Durov, the Russian-born founder and CEO of Telegram, was arrested in France in connection with an investigation into Telegram's use for fraud, drug trafficking, and illegal content distribution.



Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...-users-ip-and-phone-number-on-legal-requests/
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Like I said before, TG is crap, full russian trolls and is a tool to spread fake news, even worse than X (former Twitter).
 
Meg97 said:
Like I said before, TG is crap, full russian trolls and is a tool to spread fake news, even worse than X (former Twitter).
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What the heck are you talking about. It is a communications platform open for anyone to do just that. Any platform can be compromised by "bots" of all types with varied motives, and they are. Frankly depends on where are you looking. That is like saying "the internet is full of hackers and scammers". Sure they are there but you know, keep away from them and use some common sense.
 
I'm telling from my close friend experience. She had account on Tg but she received lot of suspicious spam. Few months ago her account has been hacked, someone change password to TG profile and her email as well.

So don't tell me that russian Telegram is safe but it isn't even for cautious individuals. I have my opinion about TG and nobody will change my mind.
Case closed 🙃
 
Meg97 said:
I'm telling from my close friend experience. She had account on Tg but she received lot of suspicious spam. Few months ago her account has been hacked, someone change password to TG profile and her email as well.

So don't tell me that russian Telegram is safe but it isn't even for cautious individuals. I have my opinion about TG and nobody will change my mind.
Case closed 🙃
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OK you do you, but receiving fishing spam that turns out to be something nefarious is nothing new on any platform. It sounds like she clicked on something she shouldn't have resulting in her device being compromised.

I'm by no means saying Telegram or any platform is "safe" , they can all be abused by scammers.
 
Slickpelt said:
Please use a VPN before connecting to Telegram. Change your linked phone number.
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Wont do shit they will still have the record of your old number. Even if they purge from the current database... do you think they dont have backups? This is why you NEVER give out any details. Because once you hand it to someone else you have ZERO control over how it gets handled. And once you let PII slip... its out there forever.

Slickpelt said:
If you value your privacy pay for a VPN using Monero — I suggest Mullvad for $5/month for 5 devices.
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MONERO IS NOT AS SECURE AS YOU THINK!! https://archive.ph/wKfvF

Anyone who was using a social media app tied to their phone number to do anything illegal... is an idiot.

I mean come on people... SERIOUSLY?

Are people so deluded and desperate to jerk off that they've convinced themself that someone else is going to protect them?
 
And before anyone says "Use Signal"... Look at who's on their foundation.

signalfoundation.org

Signal Foundation

Protecting free expression and enabling secure global communication through open source privacy technology.
signalfoundation.org signalfoundation.org

3 of the 5 are Ex Feds (Amba, Katherine, Meredith) ... and 2 of the 5 are WEF members (Jay and Katherine).

Those people 100% are not concerned with your privacy and giving people communication outside gov oversight.
 
Hellbeast said:
Unnecessary paranoia. Noone cares about your chats about sex with animals...
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some people like Veronica Silesto... used telegram to communicate with fans and people who bought her videos... People weren't just using it to chat... they were using it to exchange photos/videos which depending on where they live... may be very illegal.
 
Slickpelt said:
Please use a VPN before connecting to Telegram. Change your linked phone number. If you value your privacy pay for a VPN using Monero — I suggest Mullvad for $5/month for 5 devices.

As of today, Telegram is updating its privacy policy.

"Telegram now shares users’ IP and phone number on legal requests"


Telegram will now share users' phone numbers and IP addresses with law enforcement if they are found to be violating the platform's rules following a valid legal request.

According to a newly updated privacy policy announced by CEO Pavel Durov on Monday, Telegram will comply with such requests only after receiving a valid court order confirming that the user is a suspect in a criminal case that breaches the platform's Terms of Service.

Previously, Telegram's policy limited sensitive user information sharing to cases involving terror suspects.

"If Telegram receives a valid order from the relevant judicial authorities that confirms you're a suspect in a case involving criminal activities that violate the Telegram Terms of Service, we will perform a legal analysis of the request and may disclose your IP address and phone number to the relevant authorities," Durov said today.

"If any data is shared, we will include such occurrences in a quarterly transparency report published at: https://t.me/transparency."

However, Telegram's transparency submissions bot is not yet functional. A message stating, "We are updating this bot with current data. Please come back within the next few days," implies that Telegram is still working on bringing it online.


— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

Durov also revealed that Telegram had improved its search feature, which is known for widespread abuse to sell and promote illegal goods. He said a dedicated team has been working over the last few weeks to remove problematic content from the platform's search results.

"These measures should discourage criminals. Telegram Search is meant for finding friends and discovering news, not for promoting illegal goods," Durov added today.

"We won't let bad actors jeopardize the integrity of our platform for almost a billion users."

— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —


The move comes after Durov, the Russian-born founder and CEO of Telegram, was arrested in France in connection with an investigation into Telegram's use for fraud, drug trafficking, and illegal content distribution.



Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...-users-ip-and-phone-number-on-legal-requests/
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