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Telegram releases Peer-to-Peer Login Program (telegram.org)

submitted 9 months ago by clot27@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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What do you think of this from privacy POV?

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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Crazy. Become a telegram sms relay.... Doesn't seem like a great idea for the user.

[–] clot27@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

They are rewarding you with premium (i.e. some extra features in the app) for relaying sms and exposing your phonenumber to strangers ig?

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

For now... Giving this capability to a app seems foolish.

If you value premium enough, I'm sure lots of people will agree to it.

[–] clot27@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think if its opt-in, then kinda fine..., else it's a nightmare.

[–] riccardo@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's opt-in, of course

[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Opt-in for the SMS recipient too?

[–] riccardo@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

I'm still trying to figure it out, but I guess not. The only thing I'm sure about is that you will know whether the OTP code has been sent by Telegram or a P2PL relay