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Telegram starts to look like a super app, echoing WeChat (techcrunch.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If unofficial app can MITM registration, it can the same way MITM login later.

doesn't require a client A side note, JavaScript app in the browser is as much an app as Java/Kotlin on Android. But I know websites and web-based applications are now so mixed together it sometimes can confuse me too.

And browser version of Telegram does not allow registering new accounts also.

[–] atkdef 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Compared to login, MITM on registration means the culprit knows the IP address and the time of the registration, which is usually significant on claiming the account back.

I don't have a spare number to test, but I'm pretty sure entering a phone number in the web sends a SMS code. Do you have concrete evidence that it really doesn't work?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Unfortunetly not, I must test it also.