Telegram has introduced a controversial new feature that grants users a free premium membership in exchange for allowing the instant messaging app to utilize their phone number as a relay for sending ...

Telegram tests free Premium access by sending SMS codes via users' phones, raising privacy and security concerns. Limited to 100 messages/month to prevent bans. Users may face issues with GDPR, CCPA ...

Telegram Offers SMS Relay Program That Could Expose Your Phone Number Telegram wants to use some Android users' phones to send other users their login codes, but this comes with notable security and ...

Telegram is looking to expand more of its platform's use as an instant messaging app and grow its revenue by introducing a phone number verification service which it is now offering to businesses. The ...

Russian network operators have begun blocking SMS and calls from WhatsApp and Telegram. This is intended to block the codes necessary for 2-factor authentication (2FA) for new or existing accounts of ...

A new Android malware strain has been uncovered, part of the Rampant Kitten threat group’s widespread surveillance campaign that targets Telegram credentials and more. Researchers have uncovered a ...

Messaging app Telegram is offering a small subset of Android users the ability to get a free premium subscription—if they opt into letting Telegram use their phones to send up to 150 Telegram SMS ...