Telegram scammers are only getting smarter, and filtering out potential fraudsters from your legitimate contact list isn’t easy. Questions relating to Telegram’s safety have swirled around the ...

Telegram offers end-to-end encryption (E2EE) only in “Secret Chats.” Regular chats are server-client encrypted, meaning Telegram can access the content. Messages and media are stored on Telegram’s ...

Telegram bots are programs that run inside the Telegram app and handle tasks, provide information and automate processes through chat interactions. Telegram bots use the “Bot API” to process messages ...

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