Auto-Delete. Set a timer in privatechats, groups or channels to automatically erase messages after a certain period – from 1 day to 1 year later.
The timer only affects messages sent after it is enabled, and can be modified at any time from ➕ or ➕ on a chat’s info page. In groups and channels, only admins can enable auto-delete.
Auto-Delete. Set a timer in privatechats, groups or channels to automatically erase messages after a certain period – from 1 day to 1 year later.
The timer only affects messages sent after it is enabled, and can be modified at any time from ➕ or ➕ on a chat’s info page. In groups and channels, only admins can enable auto-delete.
One thing that Telegram now offers to all users is the ability to “disappear” messages or set remote deletion deadlines. That enables users to have much more control over how long people can access what you’re sending them. Given that Russian law enforcement officials are reportedly (via Insider) stopping people in the street and demanding to read their text messages, this could be vital to protect individuals from reprisals. The gold standard of encryption, known as end-to-end encryption, where only the sender and person who receives the message are able to see it, is available on Telegram only when the Secret Chat function is enabled. Voice and video calls are also completely encrypted. On December 23rd, 2020, Pavel Durov posted to his channel that the company would need to start generating revenue. In early 2021, he added that any advertising on the platform would not use user data for targeting, and that it would be focused on “large one-to-many channels.” He pledged that ads would be “non-intrusive” and that most users would simply not notice any change. "He has kind of an old-school cyber-libertarian world view where technology is there to set you free," Maréchal said.
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