Telegram secrets. Secret chat in Telegram

For me personally, Telegram could replace all mail, chats and instant messengers in one person. If only more of my friends used it.

In Russia, unfortunately, he is still not appreciated. And very in vain.

One day it dawned on Durov

After his sensational departure from VK, Pavel Durov decided to discuss plans with his brother. And then he realized that not a single messenger guarantees the anonymity of his correspondence.

It was then that the idea of a future business plan was born. True, two whole years passed from the moment of conception to the release of the first Telegram client for iOS (in August 2013).

Pavel himself decided to be an ideological inspirer and sponsor project. Moreover, the money from the sale of VKontakte shares was just asking to be put into circulation.

And Nikolai Durov took care of the encryption technology. So much so that hackers are still racking their brains to this day.

Telegram protection put up for competition

Durov more than once amused himself with the topic security Telegram. Either he will offer to hack his correspondence, or he will declassify the communication of bots.

But it must be said that the encryption protocol for the messenger was chosen more than successfully, so no one has yet succeeded in doing this.

Although no, immediately after creation, one skillful guy still found that very vulnerability. But it was not possible to get to the contents of the messages. So Durov paid him only a modest part of the prize fund in 100 thousand dollars.

What happens if the servers are hacked?

Servers with Telegram data are scattered all over the world. Each of them is responsible for their own region and has own jurisdiction. This is precisely why the application flies so quickly.

European users, for example, are served by London servers. A data center in Singapore is responsible for communication between Asian users, and a data center in San Francisco for Mexican users.

In fact, the key itself, which allows access to personal correspondence, is stored only on the user’s device. That is why hacking the data centers themselves is a rather stupid decision.

Plus, it is possible to communicate in a secret chat. This is a real comfort zone where deleted messages are erased not only from the device’s memory, but also from all messenger servers.

Telegram blocked 78 ISIS channels (Banned in the Russian Federation)

Of course, the wonders of privacy have also attracted those who have something to hide.

The bad suspicions that fell on Telegram were confirmed on November 14 last year. That day, on one of the official channels of the service, terrorists took responsibility for what happened in Paris.

At the same time, they threatened to shut down the messenger in our country due to excessive secrecy. But so far nothing is stopping him from settling down in Russia.

Here you can draw your own stickers

While other messengers earn about $16 million per month (Japanese Line), Telegram allowed you to draw stickers completely for free.

Personalized stickers can even be presented to someone as a cute, and most importantly, exclusive gift.

And create the ideal interlocutor

This one will answer right away, download the video from YouTube, and do everything you program it to do.

Of course, we're talking about both. You can write it yourself, or you can use an assistant already created by someone.

For example, the @movie_bot bot will help you decide what to watch in the evening. And @nationalgeographic_bot will make an excellent selection of the most gorgeous pictures from around the world.

Among the many bots there are ours: news bot website and bot assistant iPhonesRuBot. The first one will post all the news from our portal directly to your chat. And the second one will carry out the necessary requests for iPhones, recalculate your salary in iPhones and buckwheat, and issue smart quotes from Steve Jobs. Try it, great theme.

You can control your city using Telegram

Surely, many have heard about the futuristic IT town Innopolis.

The entire infrastructure of the city is based on high technology. And communication between residents and local government occurs directly through Telegram. Cool, right?

Here you can not only chat with any resident of Innopolis, but also make your proposals for urban improvement.

I wrote to one of the officials like this in the evening with friends, and a couple of weeks later I got my own bike rack next to work. Simple, convenient and no bureaucracy.

Telegram is used by 100 million people monthly

The service is replenished daily 350 thousands of new users, and the servers deliver about 15 billion(!) messages per day.

And this without the slightest expense on advertising and a team of PR specialists. The only person in contact with the media is Marcus Ra. He believes that most users appreciated not only the abundance of Telegram features, but also the complete absence of advertising and spam on the service.

On Twitter, the service's founders, who speak several languages, answer user questions. You can’t get by with English alone – the messenger is used in 200 countries around the world.

“Like WhatsApp, only better”

With this argument Pope Francis started his own channel on Telegram as part of the “Keep Lent” program. Previously, instructions from the pontiff were sent via WhatsApp.

But this year the organizers decided to transfer their audience to Pavel Durov’s messenger. Apparently, there is more trust in him.

Although Jan Koum, CEO of WhatsApp, considers Telegram to be blatant plagiarism. In his opinion, Durov was simply unable to create his own original product. So I had to copy and paste and somehow get out.

But Pavel replied that he did not intend to lure pensioners from WhatsApp. And Telegram itself is far from the final product. This is just an embryo of a server with developed geolocation and social features.

This is not the case in other messengers.

With the release of the latest update, Telegram has learned to work very cool with audio messages.

For example, a friend told a long story about searching for the perfect dress, and you urgently need to send documents to a colleague. In order not to offend anyone, we bug the background mode and without any problems we solve our affairs in another chat.

The functions turned out to be no less convenient raise-to-speak And raise-to-listen. Simply open the desired chat and hold the phone to your ear to record or listen to the received message.

An indispensable thing when you need to find out what was sent somewhere on the subway. Certainly faster than reaching for headphones.

A real breakthrough was the ability to Google photos without leaving the application. Then immediately send them in chat without saving them on the device.

Telegram is not liked in Russia

Reliable communication, sending files of any format, opportunities for business development and an increased level of security - all the basic functions of the messenger are present. But today this is not enough for the user, so the developers took care of user comfort and wide functionality. The TelegramZY team has put together on a plate 20 of the most delicious goodies from Telegram - features that will allow you to unleash the full potential of the messenger.

#1 Send and then delete

You can delete a message from yourself and from the interlocutor within 2 days, regardless of whether the interlocutor read the post or not:

Tap on a message.
Select "Delete".
Check the box.

Interesting: Previously, it was possible to delete messages in a dialogue no later than 48 hours, but in April 2019, Telegram allowed you to delete any message sent at any time from yourself and your interlocutor.

#2 Read messages without reading them

A trick for the cautious - in Telegram you can read a message so that the interlocutor’s message status remains unread.

Enable Airplane Mode on your phone.
Read the message.
Turn off Telegram.
We will decide to disable the flight.

#3 Secret Telegram chats

One of the most famous features is the ability to create dialogues, the history of which is not stored on servers.

Go to the application menu.
Tap “New Secret Chat”.
Select the contact with whom the conversation will be conducted.

#4 Self-destructing messages

To configure the lifetime of a sent message in a secret chat you will need:

In a secret chat, tap on the three dots.
Click “Enable timer deletion”.
Select a time period.

#5 Voice calls in Telegram

A feature in the form of a video call has become available in latest versions applications. To do this you will need:

Open a conversation with a contact and click on the three dots.
Select "Call".

#6 Hide last seen in Telegram

Another trick for cautious users; to implement it you will need:

#7 Silence notifications

A simple but very useful feature in Telegram is the ability to mute notifications selectively - for each channel or chat separately.

Open a chat or channel and tap on the three dots.
Click "Disable Notifications".
Choose for what time.

#8 Read all notifications

#9 Telegram cloud storage

Any messages and files can be sent to yourself, such information will be stored in cloud storage and will be available from any device after authorization.

Next to the message, click on the “Forward” icon.
Select “Favorites” (you can select yourself in the contact list).

#10 Submit and then change

Another useful feature is that the user can change or delete it within 48 hours after sending a message. For this you need:

Tap on a message.
Select "Change"
Edit the entry and then send it to the chat.
Changed chat messages are marked.

#11 Hashtag to help

A time-tested feature. Using hashtags for posts or messages, you can make it easier to find information in chats and channels:

Use a hashtag in your message that is more memorable.
If necessary, enter a hashtag into the search - Telegram will show all messages and publications in the user’s feed that are marked accordingly.

#12 Talk, don't write down text

You can record an audio message in Telegram and send it, for this you will need:

Open the chat and click the microphone icon. If there is another icon (video recordings) instead of a microphone, click on it once. Hold your finger down and swipe up until the lock icon changes to a red “Stop” square. To end recording, tap on the red square. 6.13
You can listen to the audio message before sending it. If the user is satisfied with the recording, you can send a message to the chat.

#13 Show rather than write text

And this is a fresh feature from recent Telegram updates - video messages or round videos. Recording a video message follows the same principle as audio messages:

#14 When sending images, create albums

In early versions of Telegram, each image was sent as a separate message, which made viewing difficult. Even selecting several photos when sending did not help. Recently, the developers pleased us with a new feature - now the user can choose the method of sending images - collect them in an album or separate files:

#15 Out of sight, muted chats

Users are accustomed to the fact that the most interesting features go to mobile versions Telegram. But now the desktop application also has a feature - you can hide chats in which notifications are disabled. To do this you will need:

Open the application on your PC and tap on the three horizontal bars.
Select "Settings".
Type the word Workmode on the keyboard - it will not be visible during the typing process, but the user should not be confused by this.
Click "OK".
The “Hide muted” button will appear in the list of chats.
If necessary, you can see the full list of conversations by tapping “Show all chats”.

#16 Order in stickers

A simple feature, but very nice - you can organize stickers in Telegram:

Open the emoticons panel.
Find the service button that looks like a gear and press it.
In the window that opens, next to each sticker pack there is a special icon. By holding it, you can drag the set to any place in the list.

You can change the order inside a set of stickers using the @Stickers bot. But this is not the main function of the bot - it can be used to create one or a pack of stickers, and it is possible to come up with masks. Any images you like up to 512*512 pixels in size and weighing no more than 320Kb will be suitable as sources.

#18 User on the map

Geolocation won’t surprise anyone now, but in one of the latest updates Telegram appeared new feature- the ability to broadcast your location in real time. To broadcast your location in chat, you will need:

#19 Important things before your eyes

In busy chats and Telegram groups, it’s not easy to find an important one among the publications. But administrators can use a simple trick - pin the message to the top of the window:

#20 Mentions to get attention

Users often turn off notifications in chats, but this is not a hindrance for an experienced telegrammer - the trick is to insert the username of the user into the text of the message (for example, @Alister Croul171285). In this situation, @Alister Croul171285 will receive a notification that he was mentioned in a specific Telegram chat.

#21 Three accounts in one application

The official application for Android recently received an update, and now the program can run three accounts at the same time - you can switch between them without logging in/out of other accounts.

2. When swiping on iOS, you can turn off notifications for 1 hour or more. And on Android in Telegram X you can even scroll through the chat.

These are the main features of Telegram, but the messenger regularly receives updates, and the developers never cease to amaze with new features, convenient solutions and an incredible level of security.

Often, a user wants to keep his activity in the messenger secret from others. And although for now hide online Telegram status it is impossible, it is possible to remove the exact time of your last visit, which is often sufficient to ensure the necessary anonymity.

Hide timestamp feature: how it works

This functionality has several options. Each client can make a setting that allows them to set the visibility of their last visit to the messenger for: absolutely all users (set by default), individually selected contacts, or no one. If you hide the timestamp in the status, the following notifications will be displayed:

“I was online recently”;
“was online this week”;
“was online this month”;
“I’ve been online for a long time.”

In applications for Android and iOS, changing your status in Telegram is carried out in this way:

Go to your account settings.
Find the “Privacy and Security” section.
Click “Last seen”.
In the menu that opens, select “Everybody” (the time of your last online is displayed for all clients), “My Contact” (information is available only to users from the contact list) or “Nobody” (no one sees the time stamp of the last visit to Telegram).
In the “Last seen” menu, in addition to standard settings, the developers have introduced additional options - “Never Share With” and “Always Share With”. They allow you to add an unlimited number of exceptions to the list and are given priority action. For example, accounts listed in “Never Share With” will always observe your “timeless” status, regardless of the selected category: “Everybody”, “My contact” or “Nobody”, in “Always Share With”, respectively, vice versa.
After making the necessary settings, accept the changes by clicking “Done”.

How to change your status in Telegram from smartphones

It is impossible to carry out such manipulations on a PC, since the developers did not include this option in the settings computer version. However, any changes made to Telegram using mobile devices, will also be valid for personal computers.

The main reason for anonymity is the reluctance to demonstrate one’s activity to specific individuals. Often these individuals are unfriendly employees or a boss who is unlikely to approve of you going online during work hours, unless, of course, Telegram is used for corporate purposes. At the same time, hiding the last visit to the messenger from the boss, you need to do this information accessible to friends, which is why exclusion lists are used.

Why do users hide their status in Telegram?

An important feature of hiding a timestamp in a user's status is the so-called “reverse effect”. What does it mean? If you hide the visibility of your last visit for one or more contacts in the settings, then you will also not be able to identify the online time of these accounts. Therefore, when creating a list, you need to carefully consider who to include there.

User activity detection

It is necessary to understand that the absence of a time indicator, although it complicates the determination of user activity, however, allows it to be identified by indirect signs. For example, the status “has been online recently” means that the messenger was visited a maximum of 3 days ago, and “has been online for a long time” indicates that the account has been inactive for more than a month or the administration has temporarily blocked it. This feature of the functionality, on the one hand, provides sufficient privacy, and on the other, allows you to understand whether it is even possible to contact a specific person via Telegram.

By the way, clients who rarely use Telegram need to know that this service There is a self-destruct function for accounts. It applies if there has been zero user activity over the past 6 months. In this case, the contact and all information associated with it (files, photos, contact list, correspondence history, etc.) are permanently deleted from the messenger. When you re-register this account in the service, you will have to start from scratch.

This messenger has an account self-destruct function.

The popularity of the Telegram application is due to many special functionality. When creating the messenger, much attention was paid to security. Telegram uses the MTProto cryptographic protocol, which is the proprietary development of the creators of the application, and is responsible for data safety, as well as for the secrecy of correspondence.

When using secret chat, correspondence is not stored on the server.

The main difference between Telegram and other instant messengers is the ability to create secret chats. Using this tool, you can correspond with anyone and about anything without fear. Information encryption algorithms guarantee that your secrets will not be found out from correspondence in Telegram.

The process of encrypting regular data exchange between application users consists of sending it from a computer or other device to the server in encrypted form, then the information is converted to the previous format, becoming readable by one or more recipients.

IMPORTANT. If attackers try to hack the server in order to find out what is being said in your correspondence, they will receive nothing but a set of characters, and no one will be able to recognize the code.

Data encryption in a secret chat occurs in enhanced mode and is slightly different from usual:

messages are stored exclusively on the devices of the participants in the correspondence, and not on the server, which is different from regular chats. This allows you to make correspondence as secure as possible;
sent information can be deleted according to a set timer; it is possible to configure self-destruction of messages from two seconds to seven days;
if one of the interlocutors takes a screenshot of the correspondence, other participants in the secret chat will receive a notification about the action;
information disappears when you log out of your account;
the ability to start an unlimited number of conversations;
The function for creating secret chats is not available for the computer version.

How to create private conversations

Let's look at how to take advantage of the most secure correspondence in Telegram, reliably hiding your secrets from third parties, using an example for Android:

The data is stored in the phone memory of each participant, which means it is impossible to open a conversation that was started on another device. All messages will be deleted when you exit your profile. A conversation is created on an iPhone in a similar way.

ATTENTION. The function is available only to owners of the telephone version of the application. Probably, the developers will soon add this option for use on a computer, because it is currently impossible to create a secret chat in Telegram on a PC, but many would like to.

How to use secret chat in Telegram

Private messages are highlighted in green and marked with a padlock icon to differentiate them from others. If you do not want to join the conversation, the user can cancel his participation by clicking the appropriate settings button or leave the conversation after it has started. Then the notification “Secret chat cancelled” will appear.

How to set up message self-destruct timer

If you have started a private conversation, but want to further protect your data from other people’s interference with the option to self-destruct messages, you can do this by going to the settings and selecting “Set self-destruct timer.” Next, enter the time and confirm the action.

The self-destruction function of correspondence used allows you to further enhance data protection. It will take effect only after activation, without affecting previous messages. The timer starts after the interlocutor reads the information. Upon completion of the countdown for which it is set, the message will be permanently deleted from all devices of the participants. If you remove your finger from a picture whose deletion timer is set for less than one minute, it will immediately disappear.

How to delete a created conversation

The settings assume the ability to delete unnecessary correspondence. Having called up the conversation menu, click on the “Delete chat” button.

Regular correspondence in Telegram is also well protected from prying eyes, but does not have end-to-end encryption and a message self-destruct timer, so if you need to be sure that no one will ever know about your secrets, use the secret communication option.

The Telegram messenger has been around for three years and has become very popular during this time. It is used not only for private communication, but also for communication between companies and clients. Moreover, the capabilities of the messenger are actively used to conduct various businesses.Sometimes it seems that everything is already known about this messenger. What could be the secrets of Telegram when it has been actively used for a long time and studied in detail by account owners? It turns out that there are still some that are useful to study not only for beginners, but also for experienced users.

Tricks and secrets of Telegram

1. Ability to use hashtags. It turns out that the popular Internet tool among users can also be used in Telegram. Using hashtags has proven to be quite handy, especially when there are already a lot of posts. To make it easy to find a particular topic in correspondence, you should take care of such marks in advance. They are installed as in any social network– using a “lattice”.

2. Ability to tag people. Another secret of correspondence in Telegram is that it is now much easier to mention a person. To do this, just set the @ sign and enter your username in the messenger without a space.

3. Ability to block messenger on PC. This feature allows you to lock data without leaving account. There is a special lock icon in the title bar for this purpose. When you click on it, your account is blocked. You can continue working with it only by entering your password. This function can be indispensable if several users have access to the computer.

4. Clear cache. The device's memory quickly fills up due to the large number of received images and other files. In order to avoid this, just select the self-cleaning cache function in the application settings. In this case, a certain period is indicated after which the files will be deleted. We are talking only about the data that has not been used all this time.

5. Hiding the last visit. In the application settings you can hide your status. This function is located in the privacy tab.

6. Strengthening security. It is also possible to select a two-stage authorization system in the settings. For this purpose it is used additional password, tied to email user. There is also a digital password function.

7. Secret chats. The messenger allows you to use special secret chats. Their main feature is self-destruction immediately after the user exits the application or logs in from another device. Such correspondence is not stored on the Telegram cloud.

8. Individual mailing. Sometimes, sending out the same message different people, I want the recipients not to see each other. For this purpose, there is a separate function - “Broadcasts” - thanks to which such messages are sent individually to each recipient.

9. Take another user's stickers. If you like one of the stickers in your correspondence, you can easily add such a set to yours. To do this, just hold the image with your finger and select “Add stickers” from the menu that appears. This way the entire set will be saved to the device.

In fact, there are a lot of all kinds. Especially if you consider the use of bots - programs that perform certain functions. They are designed to make using the application easier.

As you can see, if you already know that Telegram is not as simple as it seems, then knowledge and nuances will allow you to make the most of your account. It doesn’t matter why it was created - for doing business or just correspondence - using all the functionality, you can significantly simplify the communication process. It is better to act together and together with those people who already have experience and results. Come to our programs and earn more at the same time!

With you,
- Igor Zuevich.