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📰 iOS users are receiving a pop-up asking them to update to version 12.2.4, as versions 12.2.3 and earlier will soon no longer work. 🤔 Users can choose to ignore this request and continue using older versions. If you agree, you'll be redirected to App Store. UPD: this window will appear with every launch until you update to 12.2.4 (142,9 MB) or 12.3 (available in beta). 🤷‍♂️The reason for this is currently unknown. Regarding compatibility, Telegram works with all iPhones running iOS 13 or later.

📰Kaspersky Lab tracked the life cycle of fraudulent communities on Telegram and found that they last an average of seven months. After that, they migrate en masse to decentralized messaging apps like Simple X. Securitylab.ru reports on this. 👮‍♂️ Experts point out that Telegram is inferior to dedicated, secure messaging apps in terms of privacy, where "paper plane" doesn't use end-to-end encryption in cloud chats, where these servers are centralized, adding that the server code is closed. Based on data from the aforementioned Russian lab, out of 800 blocked resources, the average lifespan in 2021-22 was five months, while in 2023-24, it was nine months. This doesn't mean the persecution has abated. 🏰 Cybercriminals were trying to survive longer on Telegram. For example, they switched to a private mode with requests, or published harmless messages to disguise themselves, or added disclaimers and statements about the legality of the content. None of this prevents blocks, as the option to report them remains, and Telegram has tightened its content moderation. 🛳 In 2025, the BFRepo group (9k+ subscribers) announced its move to SimpleX, and Angel Drainer decided to create its own messenger with support for crypto protocols, which they recommend Telegram users move to those who prioritize privacy. ☝️ And remember one thing: all this doesn't mean the number of cyberthreats will decrease—criminal communities are solving the problem, where Telegram is emerging from the period when it was a mainstay for cybercriminals.

📰 Spam in user private messages has become more frequent.🫡 This message is entirely in Chinese, and the screenshot claims that Chinese entrepreneurs are offering to rent energy for transfers on the TRON network without commission for just 0.01 TRX, while the usual transfer fee is around 20 TRX. The spam was created via @postad, which allows you to bypass the restriction that hyperlinks (even usernames) no longer work in new chats from unknown contacts. What should you do? 1. Restrict incoming messages, at least set them to "premium users only" or, better yet, pay for messages with stars. 2. If you receive a message, click "Block" at the top, set two checkboxes, and confirm the action. ✔️Telegram promptly deletes these spam messages by freezing accounts, but the spammers don't give up – after appealing, they can recreate their accounts. Information: 💌💌💌

📰 A total of 23 auction gifts have been released on the test server, along with 23 emojis in the "Emojis" pack, making it the largest addition to the pack ever. 🔨 Even after the seemingly successful gift auctions, the developers are still creating new auctions.…

📰 Passkeys are working on the main server. 🔑 You can now enable Passkeys on the production server—the most secure way to log in to your Telegram account. To do this, go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Passkeys. 🔑 When adding a Passkey, you can select…

@NewsAndTipsNT Telegram AndroidBeta ◾️Version: 12.2.11 ◾️Build: 63429 Changelog: - fix back in photo viewer, and no back in android 13 - fix "disable animations" setting on folder with links (bugs.telegram.org/c/56605) - animated emojis from story edit/draft saves fix (bugs.telegram.org/c/55517) - some action layout fixes (bugs.telegram.org/c/57481, bugs.telegram.org/c/55277) - fix schedule repeat period when forwarding (bugs.telegram.org/c/56617) - fix reordering in profile music (bugs.telegram.org/c/55518)

📱 Tweet responses from Durov. 🇪🇺 And again about blaming the European Union. Pavel Durov ✅ @durov The EU weaponizes people’s strong emotions about child protection to push mass surveillance and censorship. Their surveillance law proposals conveniently exempted…

📱 Tweet responses from Durov.🇪🇺 And again about blaming the European Union. Pavel Durov ✅ @durov The EU weaponizes people’s strong emotions about child protection to push mass surveillance and censorship. Their surveillance law proposals conveniently exempted EU officials from having their own messages scanned — and David’s post helps explain why. DHH ✅ @dhh A former high-ranking member of the same Social Democrats party that's behind this proposal was just awarded an early parliamentary pension after being convicted of owning thousands of CSA videos and images. Save The Children cover is bullshit. https://t.co/92RycUIaHl Daniel Vávra ⚔️✅ @DanielVavra FUCK CENSORSHIP. A sad day in the EU. Denmark is pushing us towards universal internet censorship under the guise of protecting children. This morning, Chat Control was passed in the European Council (despite opposition from the Czech Republic). Now, a resolution has been approved in the European Parliament calling for children under the age of 16 to be denied access to the internet. Pavel Durov ✅ @durov The EU imposes impossible rules so it can punish tech firms that refuse to silently censor free speech. We saw the same in France: a baseless “criminal investigation”, then intelligence services offering to help with it if @telegram quietly censored speech in Romania and Moldova. Elon Musk ✅ @elonmusk The European Commission offered 𝕏 an illegal secret deal: if we quietly censored speech without telling anyone, they would not fine us. The other platforms accepted that deal. 𝕏 did not. Margrethe Vestager @vestager In our view @X doesn’t comply with the DSA in key transparency areas. It misleads users, fails to provide adequate ad repository and blocks access to data for researchers. It’s the first time we issue preliminary findings under the Digital Services Act. 👇https://t.co/WtJ65GPwQY Pavel Durov ✅ @durov The EU exclusively targets platforms that host inconvenient or dissenting speech (Telegram, X, TikTok…). Platforms that algorithmically silence people are left largely untouched, despite far more serious illegal content issues. PeterSweden ✅ @PeterSweden7 It's real simple. The EU fined X €120 million because this is where the mainstream media narrative gets exposed. Pavel Durov ✅ @durov @FrenchResponse@Parisianaes1 The EU’s DSA has nothing to do with the anti-tech criminal investigations launched by France. In fact, the DSA doesn’t even have a criminal dimension. France completely ignored the DSA process when addressing its requests to Telegram.

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