What do you think of this from privacy POV?

  • jet@hackertalks.com
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    9 months ago

    Crazy. Become a telegram sms relay… Doesn’t seem like a great idea for the user.

    • Clot@lemm.eeOP
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      9 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?

      • jet@hackertalks.com
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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.

        • riccardo@lemmy.ml
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          9 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

        • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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          9 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.