Phone Number:
Settings: "Who can see my phone number?" (Everyone, My Contacts, Nobody) and "Who can find me by my number?" (Everyone, My Contacts).
Best Practice: For maximum privacy, set "Who can see my phone number?" to Nobody and "Who can find me by my number?" to My Contacts. This makes it harder for strangers to find you.
Last Seen & Online:
Settings: "Who can see my timestamp?" (Everyone, My Contacts, Nobody), with exceptions.
Best Practice: Set to My Contacts or Nobody to control your online visibility. Remember, if you hide your status from someone, you won't see theirs.
Profile Photo:
Settings: "Who can see my profile photo?" (Everyone, My Contacts, Nobody), with exceptions.
Best Practice: Set to My Contacts to limit who sees your image.
Forwarded Messages:
Settings: "Who can link to my account when mexico telegram phone number list my messages?" (Everyone, My Contacts, Nobody).
Best Practice: easy tracing of forwarded messages back to your profile.
Calls:
Settings: "Who can call me?" (Everyone, My Contacts, Nobody) with exceptions. Also "Peer-to-Peer" settings.
Best Practice: Set "Who can call me?" to My Contacts to avoid unwanted calls. For "Peer-to-Peer," setting to Nobody routes all calls through Telegram's servers, hiding your IP address from the other caller.
Groups & Channels:
Settings: "Who can add me to group chats?" (Everyone, My Contacts) with exceptions.
Best Practice: Set to My Contacts to prevent being added to random or spammy groups.
III. Chat-Specific Security & Privacy
These features enhance the security of your actual conversations.
Secret Chats (End-to-End Encryption):
What it is: A special type of chat where messages are end-to-end encrypted (only you and the recipient can read them), are not stored on Telegram's servers, and cannot be forwarded. They also offer self-destruct timers and screenshot prevention.
Why it's crucial: For highly sensitive conversations, Secret Chats provide the highest level of privacy and security on Telegram.
Set to My Contacts or Nobody to prevent
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