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

[shypos]

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 just found out about this
probably im in the black list of my contry or something

 

[dogluver101]

I didn't know this, but also not surprised. I never created a Signal account and only had a Telegram account for a very short time and I was suspicious of that at the time too.

I really wish there was a platform I felt I could trust, but at this point, if I want to have that, I'm going to have to spend way too much time making and maintaining my own. I just don't have that kind of time and resources in my life.

The closest I have is Tor running on Tails. Even then, no account I use for anything else at all is associated with anything I do while using Tails.

There isn't going to be that one platform out there that's going to be 120% perfect. Plus anyone can say they care about privacy. Some of it has to be run on a trust but verify, and also how you handle your opsec. Platforms aren't going to watch out for your opsec. That's something you have to do.
Though we run our own element/matrix chat. That's on our own homeserver. Not using the default matrix chat. (Yes, its possible to change server names on the Element apps)

 

[Canis Sexualis]

It's a bit of a learning curve, but Tails OS with the TOR browser is secure as hell. There are plenty of YouTube vids that'll tell you all about it.