My Contacts: Allow only your contacts to view your profile. The reason for this is Telegramโs enhanced use of the cloud. Essentially, it stores all of your messages and photos on a secure server. This means you can access them from any connected device, making Telegram much more multi-platform friendly than other chat apps like WhatsApp. Telegram gives you an option where you can select who can see your last seen time. To configure this, go to โSettingsโ, โPrivacy and Securityโ and then tap on โLast Seen & Onlineโ. You can share it with everybody, or people in your contact list, or nobody, or add exceptions like โnever share withโ XYZ.
To lock your messages, go to โSettingsโ, โPrivacy and Securityโ and tap on โPasscode Lockโ. You will be asked to set a four-digit passcode and confirm it. Once you do that, you will find additional options to โunlock the app with fingerprintโ and โauto-lockโ it after a specific duration. In addition to these functions, you can enable in-app browsing that lets you open external links within the app. All these options are available under the โChat Settingsโ section. Hopefully, I have listed enough Telegram features to help you understand why the Telegram app is so popular and secure. In general, Telegram is as safe or safer than most other chat apps. It could be argued that WhatsAppโs end-to-end encryption on all messaging is a better approach, but the companyโs ties to Facebook/Meta may turn off privacy advocates.
Telegram offers plenty of options for customization to make the app feel like a truly personal experience. Here is the list of interface element you can change: Telegram Privacy Choices When sending large files shared from another app on iOS, you can now watch an animated progress bar to find out if you have enough time for a tea or if you should stick with espresso. Create Channel
The aforementioned secret chats are where you can take part in end-to-end encrypted messaging with a contact. But thatโs not its only benefit: Secret chats also donโt allow a person forward messages from there or take screenshots. Of course, someone could take a picture of the screen with another device, but itโs still discouraged, and itโs bolstered by another feature: self-destruct timers. On Android, tap the three-dot Menu button in the top-right of any Telegram chat and choose Mute notifications. On iOS, tap the contact or group name at the top of the screen and choose Mute. Then you can choose to mute the chat for various periods of time, or forever.
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