This prevents random strangers and annoying contacts from adding you to groups without your permission. Telegram lets you fine-tune and set up permissions to add your account to groups. Control who can (and can’t) add you to groups Unlike WhatsApp, there is no time limit for deleting messages and you can navigate to older messages and delete them too. To delete the Sender’s messages, just long-press on any chat message and hit the delete icon on top, similar to how you would delete your own messages. To set up a proxy server, users can navigate to Settings/ Data and Storage/ Proxy Settings.

While a proxy is not as secure as a VPN connection, it has the advantage of not taking a hit on your internet speed. This works similar to how a VPN connection, but is a feature you should be using only if you know what you’re doing. This lets users hide their IP address by connecting to a custom proxy server. To enable this, head over to Settings/ Privacy and Security / Two-Step Verification. This protects your account from identity theft should someone find out your password as they will still need the password to login. The password is needed in addition to the OTP or one time password, which appears on when you set up the account on a new device. Once enabled, the feature requires to enter a password every time you login to Telegram from a new or old device. (Express Photo) Two-Step VerificationĪ lot of apps have now begun making two-step verification or two-factor authorisation available for additional privacy and so does Telegram.

Telegram now allows self-destructing media messages in normal chats as well as secret chats.

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