Telegram scammers are only getting smarter, and filtering out potential fraudsters from your legitimate contact list isn’t easy. Questions relating to Telegram’s safety have swirled around the ...

Telegram offers end-to-end encryption (E2EE) only in “Secret Chats.” Regular chats are server-client encrypted, meaning Telegram can access the content. Messages and media are stored on Telegram’s ...

Telegram bots are programs that run inside the Telegram app and handle tasks, provide information and automate processes through chat interactions. Telegram bots use the “Bot API” to process messages ...

Finding Telegram groups is challenging. The platform doesn’t list groups directly, making it hard for users to discover or join groups. On top of that, even though Telegram hosts hundreds of groups ...

If you search for Telegram on the Play Store, you’ll find two versions of it — Telegram and Telegram X. Most people are familiar with the former, but the latter (Telegram X) is confusing for many.

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