> Furthermore, telegram forces you to link your account with a phone number, and that acts as the primary (or only) form of authentication, opening you up to sim-jacking.
Linking phone or use it for 2FA should be like red light today. For Telegram, banking app, don't matter.
Actually, there's something interesting to note. If you enable 2FA, it's not possible to recover your account without either the password or the recovery email (if any). However, via SIM-jacking an attacker can still erase all data in your account and then take it over.
Linking phone or use it for 2FA should be like red light today. For Telegram, banking app, don't matter.