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Admin Dog, Dec 12, 2019 at 06:44, edited
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A feature to join Telegram incognito, making the phone number privacy set to Nobody before creating a new account. Current users who have that number added to their contacts list will not get a new chat/notification and won't know that the person joined Telegram.

This could be implemented the same way as the contacts sync checkbox on the login screen.

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D3 May 5, 2022
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Yes! This a very complicated topic. Because: Telegram wouldn't be that popular without phone numbers - but then, again, phone numbers wouldn't be that much of a problem because it wouldn't have that much traction (like Threema). So what do we have else? Email, Date of Birth, Real Name, Address – no good options after all! …and SMS is fast & simple at the same time! Thinking about this, I had an idea: this could be handled like Telegram did with the decision to deliver secret & cloud chats. Allow the User to create an account with OR without a number. (With the latter option resulting in some of the restrictions you have on Threema). This would need heavy regulations - like rate limiting or restriction to specific areas. Nevertheless it could really help people in countries with issues like the ones you described above.
We still have an issue here about using a @nick. If it leaks, we'll go back to the original problem. For this, Teamspeak and Discord have the solution. You can send a temporary @nick to someone with limited number of uses (1, 2, 3 people eg. Or unlimited) and limited number of time (6 hours, 12 hours, 1 day, 1 week or unlimited). Reached the limit, no one with that @nick could use it to add you anymore.
Currently you can change the main @nick, which gives you some control, however some people may not want to change the main @nick.

Teamspeak goes further, you could create a password for use by @nick. A person with your @nick could only add you if they know the password.

Finally, you can also generate single-use QR codes to add someone and send that QR code over the internet, making it less readable for humans.

This set of rules is common on many social networks and has already been shown to avoid many of the problems faced by messengers of this genre. People could still connect by number from the start if they wanted to, so there would be no lack of popularity in that regard.
Ludovico May 5, 2022
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We still have an issue here about using a @nick. If it leaks, we'll go back to the original problem. For this, Teamspeak and Discord have the solution. You can send a temporary @nick to someone with limited number of uses (1, 2, 3 people eg. Or unlimited) and limited number of time (6 hours, 12 hours, 1 day, 1 week or unlimited). Reached the limit, no one with that @nick could use it to add you anymore. Currently you can change the main @nick, which gives you some control, however some people may not want to change the main @nick. Teamspeak goes further, you could create a password for use by @nick. A person with your @nick could only add you if they know the password. Finally, you can also generate single-use QR codes to add someone and send that QR code over the internet, making it less readable for humans. This set of rules is common on many social networks and has already been shown to avoid many of the problems faced by messengers of this genre. People could still connect by number from the start if they wanted to, so there would be no lack of popularity in that regard.
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D L May 7, 2022
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While I agree on your point - if you say you are privacy conscious you should ask yourself why people may have your number without you knowing in the first place.
Also agree on your point, but my phone number is something that I consider public information and freely give out. I did not have that intention with Telegram. I mean, you're right, especially considering my Telegram account is associated directly with a "public" phone number makes it insecure in the first order. My only point is that I didn't want to advertise the Telegram account. But yes, you're right.
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Also agree on your point, but my phone number is something that I consider public information and freely give out. I did not have that intention with Telegram. I mean, you're right, especially considering my Telegram account is associated directly with a "public" phone number makes it insecure in the first order. My only point is that I didn't want to advertise the Telegram account. But yes, you're right.
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Emilia Jun 23, 2022
Any update about this important feature?
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Anthony Jul 2, 2022
This needs to be fixed. If someone joins telegram to communicate without notifying their abuser, this will lead to them getting found out and cause them to get hurt.
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Vehementi Jul 16, 2022
I dislike the fact just because i have work contacts I automatically share profile images with them. I even have family joining telegram so this is becoming like facebook. Except Facebook had more privacy options. So Facebook is somehow better. GG telegram devs.
Woodsrock™ Jul 16, 2022
I believe the personal telephone number is and should ALWAYS remain protected in any way. It must NOT be public domain data in any way. it is information that ONLY the owner can decide to SHARE or not. I, by my choice, NEVER answer phone calls in which the name of the person calling me does not appear on the display. When this happens, it is clear that I did not give that person my phone number, otherwise I would have added it too in my address book. (So he doesn't have to have it)
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I need this please
https://bugs.telegram.org/c/82
Leo Aug 10, 2022
Any update? I need this pls
Karl Kesoky Aug 11, 2022
In some authoritarian countries, the government is abusing the current feature that by forcing all the numbers to be registered with real name, they can surveiling everyone on Telegram by adding every registered no. in contact. Which ppl then need rely on virtual no. and Google Voice no. and subsequently cause a raise of industry of these no. with questionable source.

So, please help.
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