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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion docs/pages/community-management/telegram.mdx
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title: "Telegram Security | Security Alliance"
description: "Secure Telegram against SIM swapping and Man-in-the-Group attacks. Configure Two-Step Verification, hide your phone number, use Secret Chats with end-to-end encryption, and manage admin permissions."
description: "Secure Telegram against SIM swapping and Man-in-the-Group attacks. Configure passkeys, Two-Step Verification, hide your phone number, use Secret Chats with end-to-end encryption, and manage admin permissions."
tags:
- Community & Marketing
contributors:
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title: "Telegram Security | Security Alliance"
description: "Secure Telegram against SIM swapping and Man-in-the-Group attacks. Configure Two-Step Verification, hide your phone number, use Secret Chats with end-to-end encryption, and manage admin permissions."
description: "Secure Telegram against SIM swapping and Man-in-the-Group attacks. Configure passkeys, Two-Step Verification, hide your phone number, use Secret Chats with end-to-end encryption, and manage admin permissions."
tags:
- Community & Marketing
contributors:
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## Summary

> 🔑 **Key Takeaway:** Stay vigilant with group chats on Telegram. Implement verification steps and secure communication
> practices to protect against sophisticated interception attacks.
> 🔑 **Key Takeaway:** Enable passkeys and Two-Step Verification, hide your phone number, and stay vigilant with group
> chats. Implement verification steps and secure communication practices to protect against interception attacks.

While **Telegram** is widely used in the crypto community, it's crucial to understand its security limitations. Telegram
**does not** offer end-to-end encryption (**E2EE**) by default, which means your messages could potentially be accessed
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hardware keys.
- **Backup Password:** If you lose this password, access to your account may be compromised. Write it down
offline and ensure it is not lost.
- [ ] Passkeys > **Set up at least one passkey**
- [Passkeys](https://telegram.org/blog/passkeys-and-gift-offers) allow you to log in using biometric data
(Face ID, fingerprint) or a device PIN instead of SMS codes. This is **phishing-resistant** and eliminates
SIM-swapping risk entirely for login.
- Go to **Settings > Privacy and Security > Passkeys** to create a passkey.
- Encrypted keys are stored on your device and can sync via password managers (iCloud Keychain, Google
Password Manager, 1Password, etc.).
- **Set up passkeys on multiple devices** for redundancy — if one device is lost, you can still log in
from another.
- **Keep your phone number active.** Even with passkeys, your account is still tied to a phone number.
Ensure it remains under your control.
- Passkeys work offline and across regions — useful when traveling or when SMS delivery is unreliable.
- [ ] Local passcode > **On** (recommended)
- This feature adds a passcode to access your Telegram app after a period of inactivity. The default setting is
"away for 1 hour."
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