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Re:“Why Using WhatsApp Is Dangerous“ by paulcarroty on Friday January 31, 2020 @06:19AM (#22200786)
> Furthermore, telegram forces you to link your account with a phone number, and that acts as the primary (or only) form of authentication, opening you up to sim-jacking.

Linking phone or use it for 2FA should be like red light today. For Telegram, banking app, don't matter.

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Re:“Why Using WhatsApp Is Dangerous“ by seizeheures on Friday January 31, 2020 @06:42AM (#22200870)
Turns out you can also add a password to your telegram account to act as a form of 2FA, kinda odd but that's that I guess.
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Re:“Why Using WhatsApp Is Dangerous“ by nyuszika7h on Friday January 31, 2020 @04:38PM (#22206067)
Actually, there's something interesting to note. If you enable 2FA, it's not possible to recover your account without either the password or the recovery email (if any). However, via SIM-jacking an attacker can still erase all data in your account and then take it over.
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Re:“Why Using WhatsApp Is Dangerous“ by codedokode on Friday January 31, 2020 @02:12PM (#22204574)
Because Telegram like many mobile apps, doesn't want anonymous users because you cannot sell them to advertisers.
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