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		mrtksn on April 13, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Telegram is the hot new source for pirated content Doesn't it also mean that Telegram is a database of copyright infringing users associated with a phone number and all their actions cryptographically signed(can't claim you did not shared/viewed something)? You can argue if the copyright laws are good or bad but infringing these laws un-anonymously seems needlessly risky to me.

whywhywhywhy on April 13, 2018 [–]

Never understood the logic of a privacy focused app asking for a phone number at all, let alone requiring one.

Really not a fan of how the phone app store market has normalised this.

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