Warning! Telegram is Providing Premium Service for Free, but Poses a Significant Privacy Risk

Telegram charges a fee for its premium service, but the platform allows you to get it for free. This special offer is only available for those using Telegram on Android phones. But is this deal too good to be true? In many ways, yes. Telegram says that if you want this premium service for free, you must part ways with your phone number, which is used to receive the one-time password (OTP), but for other users.

If you are going to sign up for this free offer and are willing to give your phone number to the platform, we recommend that you stay away from this system. A new offer has been spotted this week by an X user, and it’s understandably got everyone talking and worried.

Telegram’s Free Premium Service Exchanges Your Phone Number: How It’s a Bad Idea

Getting a premium plan in exchange for your phone number to send OTPs to other users. That sentence alone is good enough to make you realize how bad an idea it would be for you or anyone to log into Telegram on this system.

The bigger concern is that Telegram will use your number to send up to 150 OTP messages to help other people log into their Telegram account. The platform will gladly give you a premium subscription if you sign up. Telegram calls it Peer-to-Peer Login, but for us it’s just a privacy nightmare.

Now you are wondering what if these people who have access to your number call or text? How can Telegram protect you from such incidents? Well, it can’t, and as per policy, we are not responsible for any harassment or even inconvenience caused by contacts who now have your phone number because you signed up for this login program. You see this information, you understand why the offer is only available for Android users. Apple immediately blocks such an offer.

Once again, we can only reiterate that Telegram reward for your phone number system is a terrible idea and hopefully the platform will decide to cancel the offer at the earliest.