⚡️Telegram Leaks Unique Device Identifiers

Pavel Durov, you have failed us big time.

A new paper from cryptographer Nadim Kobessi found that Telegram is sending users' unique device identifiers over the internet in plaintext instead of protecting them with HTTPS. This could allow anyone monitoring network traffic, from your internet service provider to an intelligence agency, to collect metadata that helps reveal who is talking to whom, when, and where from.

The worst part? The fix is incredibly simple. Telegram could enable HTTPS, but it hasn't. Until we see real accountability, we're no longer recommending Telegram and are moving to a messaging protocol built to minimize metadata.

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