Privacy Settings Options on Telegram
In the world of digital communication, one of the things that makes Telegram different from the rest is its privacy features that provide a range of control options regarding who sees your information and how you can interact with different users. We designed these settings to give users meaningful control over their personal information and communication privacy. In this post, we shall take a deep dive into the privacy settings on Telegram.
Last Seen & Online
Control Your Visibility
Q) Choices: What option you see here is for "Last Seen and Online" for Everyone, My Contacts or Nobody.
Settings (Configurable: Allow certain users to always/nver see your online status.
This option is especially handy for controlling your social media presence and reducing what you share with people you do not want to be associated with.
Profile Photo
Who Can See Your Picture?
Settings: Here YouCan Select That Everyone, My Contacts, Or Nobody Can Watch Your Profile Pics
Custom: Similar to last seen, you can make exceptions for people.
As we pointed out in a previous blog post, your profile photo integrity is paramount to your ability to control your own image on the web as a whole.
Phone Number
Manage Who Can Contact You
Visibility: Choose whether anyone can, or only your contacts can, see your phone number.
Findability : additionally, you can determine who can find you on Telegram using your phone number.
These setting protect your phone number to be seen by non relevant contacts or also potentially identified as spam.
Forwarded Messages
Preserve Message Context
Link Control: Avoid the chain of linked account notifications when your messages are sent to someone else. This keeps the context private while you communicate sensitive information that may be passed on to 3rd parties.
This is particularly important since it maintains anonymous in some conversations.
Calls
Secure Your Calls
Allow Calls From: Allow selected callers to call you directly through Telegram—Everyone, My Contacts or Nobody.
Exceptions list: Add users who both can and cannot call, regardless of the general setting.
This way you can controll who can directly talk to you, which adds a security layer to your communication.
Groups & Channels
Control Group Invitations
Invite to Group Settings: Choose who can add you to groups and channels. The options for Story : Everyone, My Contacts, Nobody.
Control Exceptions : If necessary, setup as by-contacts.
It helps in preventing spam and guarantees you are getting into appropriate conversation that is anyway necessary to you.
You might like to check out overall privacy settings on * telegram 隱私設定.
With these privacy settings properly set-up, Telegram users can significantly improve their security and the control over their personal information, which will ultimately help you to have a more secure and customized communication style.