A new update to the messaging platform Telegram will allow people to open accounts without the need to link a number number directly to your profile.
As announced in a statement published on its Web page official, the platform indicated that users can “have an account in Telegram no card SIM and login using anonymous numbers with technology blockchain”.
In addition, this feature is related to the Fragment platform, which is responsible for selling phone numbers not related to any SIM card in public auctions using the technology of TON, one cryptocurrency initially developed by Telegram.
Telegram and the self-deletion of chats
In addition to incorporating this option of security at the beginning of the sessions. Telegram announced auto-delete all chats, a feature that allows users to delete all chats contents of various conversations at the same time.
This new feature, which resembles the self-destruct feature of messages of a single conversation and which was incorporated into the platform in 2013, facilitates the debugging of messages sent and received by both people involved in a conversation.
The self-elimination can be configured with a timer global in which you can indicate how long messages can be stored within a set of conversations.
Anti spam function in Telegram
According to the official website of Telegrama function was also added in charge of protecting users from constant shipments of messages related to spam cases. Although the application indicates that until now this work was carried out by bots created by administrators of chat groups, this will be strengthened with the enablement of algorithms dedicated to the protection against spam inside the platform.
“Admins of groups with more than 200 members can choose to unleash the full proactive power of the algorithms themselves. Telegramactivating the new aggressive mode for the automatic filters of spam”, the statement states.
In the event that deletions of messages due to a system error, the administrators of the chats and channels can inform Telegram so that they can be avoided in the future
Temporary QR codes to protect the identity of users
One of the functions of Telegram is the establishment of QR codes linked to a specific account of the app which, when scanned, redirects people to direct chats with the user. However, the platform seeks that these codes They can also be ephemeral.
With this function, users will be able to establish this form of connection with other people within the platform even if they do not have a username. Username established and the phone number is hidden from the rest of the people who use Telegram.
“By scanning the codepeople can instantly add you as a contact, without needing to know your number telephone”, indicates the Web page app official
Similarly, the platform Messenger service also added functions related to searching for emojis on devices iOSa function already enabled for devices of Androidcategorization of conversations by topic and the use of storage in smartphones of Android much more detailed so that the users can manage the space that they have available in their cell phones and they can decide what content they want to delete or keep in the memory internal.
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