How to Secure Your Telegram Account and Protect it from Hackers?

How can i know that my Telegram account is secure and hackers can’t attack it? Hello i’m jack ricle and i wanna to talk about this today. One of the most important things after create Telegram account is account security Issue, because you need to protect your account data and maybe you want to create Telegram channel and develop your business. in this case you should be careful about your account because if someone can hack your account also he can access to your channels and groups that you have created. stay with us in this awesome article. There are 8 ways to keep your Telegram account secure:

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• Enable two step verification.
• Check active sessions.
• Set passcode lock.
• Ignore fake messages.
• Use strong password.
• Be careful phishing.
• Self-destruct account time.
• Disable save to gallery

1- Enable two step verification

As you know for login to your Telegram account you should insert your phone number and then you’ll receive confirmation code and then finished, you can login to your account. So if someone can access to this code any way, your account will be stolen. Two step verification can protect your account, from now you must know the password in addition to confirmation code. we suggest to enable two step verification. But how?

1. Open the Telegram app and sign in to your account.
2. Tap the “menu” button on the top-right corner.
3. Go to “Settings” section and then to click “Privacy and Security”.
4. Tap “Two-Step Verification” button.
5. Create a strong password and re-enter it for confirmation.
6. Create a hint for the password (it will show in public).
7. Enter your email address in field and tap the “green check” icon.
8. Go to your inbox, open the email, and click the “confirmation link”.

2- Check Active Sessions

Active sessions is useful option that you can check who has access to your account except for you! It’s interesting, isn’t it? Follow this steps to enter “Active Sessions” section:

1. Go to “Settings” section and then enter “Privacy and Security”.
2. Click “Active Sessions” button.
3. Now you can see all devices that has access to you account.
4. If you see unknown device with suspicious IP, click and then remove it.
5. Now you can change your password and check active sessions a few days later.

3- Set Passcode Lock

Did it happen to you that someone logged into your Telegram application when your phone was unlocked? In this case, your account information may be stolen. What’s the solution? You should set “Passcode Lock” to protect your data. Follow the steps below:

1. Go to “Settings” and enter “Privacy and Security”.
2. Tap “Passcode Lock” button.
3. Enter your password (4 Digit) then re-enter it for confirm.

4- Ignore fake messages

You may have seen messages sent from Telegrams to users like this:

Remember that the telegram never asks you to confirm your identity, It’s Phishing and if you pay attention to that link you’ll notice that it’s not Telegram website Just very similar to it! If you receive such messages, Just ignore it and never click on the link.

5- Use Strong Password

In today’s world, every day we see a lot of Telegram accounts being hacked by hackers. The most important reason is neglect and poor password usage. We suggest for creating strong password use strong password generator websites.

6- Be Careful Phishing Ways

As mentioned some hackers try to deception by some ways, if you received message from Telegram be careful and look at “Blue Tick” on title and also check the number. If you’re sure its fake account you can block and report it. Telegram is highly secure and hackers also used this way to obtain an account password.

7- Self-Destruct Account Time

If you want to avoid using Telegram for a long time, Notice that Telegram has “Self-Destruct” for account. It means after specific time your account will remove if you don’t use this app. This feature by default set to 6 months but you can change it to maximum “1 Year” and minimum for “1 Month”.

8- Disable save to gallery

The last security point is that you should disable “Save to Gallery” because it can be harmful and automatically save your personal photos such as bank card photo.

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