Telegram is an instant messaging application developed by Russian brothers. Tashatuvango
Telegram messaging app turned 10 years old this week. In honor of the anniversary, the Telegram stories feature was also released for the application.
Telegram stories is very similar to the corresponding feature of Instagram owned by Meta. In stories, you can share updates to your contacts, for example about your affiliations.
– Now when you meet people on Telegram, you can also see exciting events from their lives – not just a few profile pictures, Telegram tells on its pages.
this is how it works
You can also take pictures in stories with the new dual camera feature, where the application uses the front and back cameras at the same time.
There are four privacy settings for stories. You can make the update visible to the public, to your contacts, to your close friends, or to share this only with certain people. The story can be made visible for either 6, 12, 24 or 48 hours.
Stories can also be edited. In addition, the person sharing the story has the opportunity to monitor the viewing and reaction statistics of their story.
Russian developed application
Telegram belongs to the Russian brothers Pavel and Nikolai Durovin an instant messaging application similar to Whatsapp developed by Telegram is widely used, for example, in the public communication of certain Russian authorities.
The Russian newspaper Gazeta said last year a member of the Duma by Alexander Khinstein stated in the application that there is no anonymity in Telegram.
About this in Finland reported by Tivi however, he thinks that it could be an information influencing company that would try to silence the country’s dissidents.
Telegram has said that the privacy of its users is protected. Pavel Durovin according to the importance of privacy has been emphasized especially with the crisis in Ukraine.
Der Spiegel however, according to Telegram, it has shared its users’ data with, among other things, the German Central Criminal Police. According to Tiv, it was feared that the application might leak user data to the Russian administration as well.
Telegram’s main offices are located in the British Virgin Islands and Dubai.