What do you think of this from privacy POV?

  • ClotOP
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    09 months ago

    They are rewarding you with premium (i.e. some extra features in the app) for relaying sms and exposing your phonenumber to strangers ig?

    • @[email protected]
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      9 months ago

      For now… Giving this capability to a app seems foolish.

      If you value premium enough, I’m sure lots of people will agree to it.

      • ClotOP
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        39 months ago

        I think if its opt-in, then kinda fine…, else it’s a nightmare.

      • riccardo
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        59 months ago

        You can decide to send sms codes only within your country. You decide whether the tradeoff between costs, privacy and features is worth it. Sending 150 sms a month (or a magnitude more) would cost me 0 €. I find some of the premium features worth paying for. But I would never relay OTP codes for telegram

      • @[email protected]
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        19 months ago

        I send thousands of SMS per month with a cost of zero. Even international.

        It’s all included in my $40/mo plan.