Telegram has introduced a controversial new feature that grants users a free premium membership in exchange for allowing the instant messaging app to utilize their phone number as a relay for sending ...

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...

Messaging app Telegram is offering a small subset of Android users the ability to get a free premium subscription—if they opt into letting Telegram use their phones to send up to 150 Telegram SMS ...

Telegram tests free Premium access by sending SMS codes via users' phones, raising privacy and security concerns. Limited to 100 messages/month to prevent bans. Users may face issues with GDPR, CCPA ...

Telegram Offers SMS Relay Program That Could Expose Your Phone Number Telegram wants to use some Android users' phones to send other users their login codes, but this comes with notable security and ...