How to enable two-step verification on Telegram

Secure your telegrams.

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Facebook’s Zuckerberg is taking direct control of WhatsApp, eroding the encrypted messenger’s privacy structure. From February, Facebook will be able to analyze and profile your chat data for serving ads, and who knows what else, as you move across the web.

Telegramfeatures end-to-end encrypted chats, and its cloud-based messages are stored in data centers all over the world, with multiple encryption keys, requiring the coordination of multiple legal jurisdictions to unlock. This setup makes it one of the most secure messaging platforms out there and a great free alternative to WhatsApp for those who want to decentralize their digital footprint.

Secure messages can always bemoresecure, though, which is why you should set up Two-Step Verification on Telegram, particularly if you plan to use it on multiple platforms.

Set up two-step verification on Telegram

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