Your Telegram Passport is Ready
With all of the recent privacy debates and problems that have risen to prominence, various ranges of users from all age categories have become even more conscious of their preferences when it comes to allowing the different apps the ability to access their smartphones - and smart devices in general - which, consequently, means obtaining personally vital information and details. As a result, the attentive user is always aware of the fact that he has to protect his very personal data by limiting the dominance of many apps over his smart devices. However, not very many apps have considered the idea of providing the users with means in order to help them protect their personal data. Interestingly, the popular, secure messaging app, Telegram, has seized the opportunity and introduced a uniquely, nearly renewed feature that many people didn't see coming in the near future.
Recently, Telegram introduced its newest "Passport" feature in the latest update of the app. The feature allows the user a safe place that's characterized with the notorious end-to-end encryption supported by Telegram, in which he can store his very personal information - such as IDs, passport or the driving licence - and keep them safe yet available for sharing with another party only when the user needs them. The new Telegram feature is designed to be a facilitator for the user who is occasionally in need of sharing some of his personal information with other people, but, at the same time, is worried that such vital data may be prone to various threats and cyber dangers, especially if shared via apps that don't support any sort of encryption and don't provide unshakeable privacy standards; so, the completely safe and sound "Telegram Could" is presented to the users as a neat safe to store their information within.
Yet, there is no app at the moment which can be fully trusted, even if it provides an apparent straightforwardly end-to-end encryption feature. Of course, the Telegram messenger is very much known for its struggle against breaching the privacy of its users, a struggle which has led to the prohibition of Telegram in several countries; yet - despite the continuous demands by the authorities to provide a backdoor to the Telegram messaging sessions - the popular app is not by any means willing to compromise its integrity and is fully focused on protecting the users' privacy; the Telegram unshakeable privacy standards have more likey than not prompted the idea of the "Telegram Passport", a feature that further soldifies the privacy standards of Telegram. However, by using the "Telegram Passport", the user is granting the app a complete trust to store his confidential information in a safely secured cloud. Unfortunately, complete trust is not something recommended these days, especially after the various privacy problems that have been coming in the face of many notorious apps such as Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. Even if Telegram is 100% not willing to provide a backdoor to its messaging platform, there isn't any system which is comprehensively immune to exterior breaching and cyber attacks. As a result, even if Telegram assures the users that their personal information, stored in the "Telegram Cloud", can be accessed only by the user himself, there still remains a huge burden on the messaging app to renew and strengthen its privacy settings every now and then in order to be able to face any external threats.
Recently, Telegram introduced its newest "Passport" feature in the latest update of the app. The feature allows the user a safe place that's characterized with the notorious end-to-end encryption supported by Telegram, in which he can store his very personal information - such as IDs, passport or the driving licence - and keep them safe yet available for sharing with another party only when the user needs them. The new Telegram feature is designed to be a facilitator for the user who is occasionally in need of sharing some of his personal information with other people, but, at the same time, is worried that such vital data may be prone to various threats and cyber dangers, especially if shared via apps that don't support any sort of encryption and don't provide unshakeable privacy standards; so, the completely safe and sound "Telegram Could" is presented to the users as a neat safe to store their information within.
Yet, there is no app at the moment which can be fully trusted, even if it provides an apparent straightforwardly end-to-end encryption feature. Of course, the Telegram messenger is very much known for its struggle against breaching the privacy of its users, a struggle which has led to the prohibition of Telegram in several countries; yet - despite the continuous demands by the authorities to provide a backdoor to the Telegram messaging sessions - the popular app is not by any means willing to compromise its integrity and is fully focused on protecting the users' privacy; the Telegram unshakeable privacy standards have more likey than not prompted the idea of the "Telegram Passport", a feature that further soldifies the privacy standards of Telegram. However, by using the "Telegram Passport", the user is granting the app a complete trust to store his confidential information in a safely secured cloud. Unfortunately, complete trust is not something recommended these days, especially after the various privacy problems that have been coming in the face of many notorious apps such as Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. Even if Telegram is 100% not willing to provide a backdoor to its messaging platform, there isn't any system which is comprehensively immune to exterior breaching and cyber attacks. As a result, even if Telegram assures the users that their personal information, stored in the "Telegram Cloud", can be accessed only by the user himself, there still remains a huge burden on the messaging app to renew and strengthen its privacy settings every now and then in order to be able to face any external threats.
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