WhatsApp’s new privacy policy has managed to create quite a controversy in India that has seen millions of users in the country try out other messaging apps. Telegram has emerged as a popular alternative for many, but the biggest hurdle for most users is that all their important chats are present in WhatsApp. Telegram is […]
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5 hours ago You can now move your WhatsApp chat history to Telegram. The feature was added to Telegram’s iOS app. It’s still not available on Android. WhatsApp’s user exodus courtesy of its recent privacy policy changes has been a boon for alternative messaging apps like Telegram. To further boost its popularity, Telegram now lets […]
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Telegram is looking to cash in on people looking to move to its platform from WhatsApp after the latter announced its new privacy policy by adding an option to import chats from WhatsApp. The company had pushed out an update to its iOS app earlier today with a tool that allowed one to move their […]
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WhatsApp rolled out its new privacy policy at the beginning of this year which led to quite a bit of backlash. WhatsApp’s new agreement is aimed at the upcoming changes to its platform that will allow better interaction between businesses and users. Existing WhatsApp users are not very comfortable with this change which has led […]
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4 hours ago Telegram’s “People Nearby” feature could potentially reveal your location. You’d just need GPS tools and triangulation to determine where someone lives. Telegram has said the functionality doesn’t need to be fixed. Telegram is ostensibly focused on privacy, but its approach to location sharing is raising some concerns. Security-conscious user Ahmed has warned […]
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Credit: Scott Adam Gordon / Android Authority After two years, the Telegram Russia ban is now finished. Despite the ban, the app has flourished in Russia. The lack of efficacy there is probably why the ban is getting removed. Telegram has also been an essential tool for assistance in spreading COVID-19 news in the country. […]
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Last week, it was reported that hackers had managed to install spyware on a large number of smartphones thanks to a previously unrevealed vulnerability in WhatsApp (it has since released an update to patch the issue). Now, the founder of a rival messaging service, Telegram, claims that WhatsApp users should never expect it to be […]
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The latest Telegram update is rolling out with some handsome upgrades. In a blog post published late last week, Telegram announced it had redesigned the Android version of the app, and added a new chat archive feature. Archives works like this: swipe left on a conversation and it will move to your archived chats folder. […]
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Telegram may be among the most popular messaging services in the world, yet there are still many who don’t know what it’s all about. The app is often name-dropped in discussions regarding online privacy and security, but aren’t all messaging apps secure? Don’t apps like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger also have the fabled “end-to-end” encryption? What […]
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