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it still gets your information if you're in someone else's contact list and they make the connection


This. I recently installed Telegram without giving access to my contact list.

Within seconds of installing, I received a telegram from a co-worker who jokingly said: "For privacy reasons, when you install Telegram, it sends a message to all of your contacts."

It simply creates your virtual contact list from the contact lists of your contacts.




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