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Telegram | DID YOU KNOW?
Despite Telegram's origins, its approach to users' security has privacy advocates worried. 'Wild West' Such instructions could actually endanger people — citizens receive air strike warnings via smartphone alerts. In the United States, Telegram's lower public profile has helped it mostly avoid high level scrutiny from Congress, but it has not gone unnoticed. Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images
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