DaseinPickle@leminal.space to privacy@lemmy.ca · 8 months agoTelegram’s peer-to-peer SMS login service is a privacy nightmaretechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up153
arrow-up153external-linkTelegram’s peer-to-peer SMS login service is a privacy nightmaretechcrunch.comDaseinPickle@leminal.space to privacy@lemmy.ca · 8 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareLWD@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 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-squarerdri@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 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.