Telegram (-)
Despite not giving it contacts access, Telegram has clearly found some way to interact with phone contacts from other services — presumably scraping metadata from iOS itself.
Because of this, Telegram is now uninstalled from my phone until I can figure out what they changed. Be wary that you may experience the same issue.
Telegram (-)
I’ve been using a burner number with Telegram for awhile now _precisely_ to prevent family from finding my contact there. Please be wary if you use this setup.
re: Telegram (-)
In the meantime, I've hit block on the one number that popped up as having just joined Telegram. At least the block tools are fairly robust.
re: Telegram (-), data aggregation by corporate messenger apps
This continues a running theme of corporate platforms stapling my accounts together through their ads and data collection integrations instead of account setup. Google+ did the same thing to me by advertising my personal profile as "people you might know" to my family.
It would be really cool if the invasive push to advertise everywhere didn't also out people's private lives to family that may take hostile action against us, thanks.
re: Telegram (-), data aggregation by corporate messenger apps
@Goldkin This is the entire reason I am wary of modern social media tools ... I've not had Telegram do it yet but I am going to keep monitoring it closely because it doing that to me could actually cause a lot of social upset with parts of my family.
God damn it I was hoping Telegram wasn't falling into the same trap and if it does I have no idea what I'll use as a catchall messenger. :/
