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If you don't want to lose money, turn off this feature immediately on Telegram

With their tricks, hackers can easily take control of activities in your device such as taking phone screenshots yourself. It would be very dangerous if the bank account information was revealed. Please follow the instructions below if you do not want to lose money unjustly.

Author: Jessica Tanner1 minutes read

Known as an extremely secure messaging platform, Telegram is currently trusted by many people. But recently, hackers have taken advantage of a vulnerability from Telegram's seemingly innocuous feature that automatically saves photos and videos.

With their tricks, hackers can easily take control of activities in your device such as taking phone screenshots yourself. It would be very dangerous if the bank account information was revealed. Please follow the instructions below if you do not want to lose money unjustly.

First, open the Telegram app and select the 3 tiles in the upper left corner. Then, go to Settings > Data and Storage.

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Here, you disable all Automatic media download features to prevent information from being stolen from hackers.

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Only by turning off the auto-download feature can you rest assured about your wallet. Don't trust the app's ads too much, good luck.

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