@DaseinPickle@leminal.space to privacy@lemmy.ca • 9 months agoTelegram’s peer-to-peer SMS login service is a privacy nightmaretechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down11
arrow-up152arrow-down1external-linkTelegram’s peer-to-peer SMS login service is a privacy nightmaretechcrunch.com@DaseinPickle@leminal.space to privacy@lemmy.ca • 9 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-square@LWD@lemm.eelinkfedilink4•9 months agoI remember when Telegram Inc was aware that could cause some massive issues down the line, and their response was to ignore it. Then a state level actor abused this, and Telegram declared there was no issue, and they had fixed the issue.
minus-square@rdri@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•9 months agoWelp, I wish there would be some massive movement against the feature of using the phone number as a login for any services.
I remember when Telegram Inc was aware that could cause some massive issues down the line, and their response was to ignore it.
Then a state level actor abused this, and Telegram declared there was no issue, and they had fixed the issue.
Welp, I wish there would be some massive movement against the feature of using the phone number as a login for any services.