How does account self-destruction work on Telegram?;- Telegram is a free, cross-platform, cloud-based instant messaging (IM) platform. The service also offers end-to-end encrypted video calling, VoIP, file sharing and many other features. It was released for iOS on August 14, 2013 and Android on October 2013.
Telegram servers are distributed all over the world to reduce the redundant data load with five data centers in different regions, while the operating center is located in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
Several client apps are available for desktop and mobile platforms including the official apps for Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, and Linux (although registration requires an iOS or Android device and a working phone number).
How does account self-destruction work
Telegram is not a commercial organization, and Telegram values disk space greatly. If you stop using Telegram and don’t come online for at least six months, your account will be deleted along with all messages, media, contacts, and every other piece of data you store in the Telegram cloud. You can change the exact period after which your inactive account will self-destruct in Settings.
There are also two Telegram web apps – WebK and WebZ – and many more unofficial clients that use the Telegram protocol. All official Telegram components are open source, except for the closed source and proprietary server.
Telegram provides end-to-end encrypted voice and video calls [24] and optional end-to-end encrypted “secret” chats. Cloud chats and groups are encrypted between the app and the server, so that ISPs and other third parties on the network can’t access the data, but the Telegram server can.
Users can send text and voice messages, make voice and video calls, and share an unlimited number of photos, documents (2 GB per file), user locations, animated stickers, contacts, and audio files. In January 2021, Telegram exceeded 500 million monthly active users.
It was the most downloaded app worldwide in January 2021 with 1 billion downloads globally as of late August 2021.