Telegram is still leaking user IP addresses to contacts

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Telegram is still leaking user IP addresses to contacts

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Telegram is still leaking user IP addresses to contacts | TechCrunch

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A security researcher has created a tool that allows someone to find out the IP address of a Telegram contact just by calling them.

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The way they try to defame telegram lmao

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