Telegram gets a unique solution against scams

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Messaging services are a breeding ground for all sorts of scams. And to protect its users, Telegram has just launched a new verification program, which will offer a new way to ensure that you are not communicating with a fake account.

Like other online platforms, Telegram already offers a blue verification badge for organizations and public figures. But now, the application will also allow organizations that it has verified to independently verify other accounts or chats.

A decentralized verification

“To further improve transparency on Telegram, official third-party services can assign additional verification icons to user accounts and chats – to prevent scams and reduce misinformation”, Telegram says. Accounts verified by Telegram will continue to have the traditional blue badge, while accounts or chats verified by third parties will have the verifier icon next to their names.

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As mentioned above, services will need to be verified by Telegram themselves, in order to issue verifications. And they will also need to submit a request to the messaging service. In any case, this decentralized approach is interesting, since it could, for example, allow a company to verify all employee accounts, or even the group discussions it hosts.

Telegram is full of new features

Among the other new features announced by Telegram for the new year, there is also the possibility of transforming gifts received on the application into collectibles, which can be exchanged in the form of NFTs. The app has also just improved the search filters of the inbox. And Telegram is getting a QR code reader integrated into its camera functionality, which will allow you to open links without going through a third-party application.

An application finally profitable in 2024

In any case, 2024 was an important year for Telegram. Indeed, it finally started to generate profits. “By 2024, thanks to premium subscriptions, privacy-friendly ads, Telegram Stars, and more, Telegram has reached profitability,” the app’s blog post reads.

As a reminder, Telegram’s monetization project began in 2020, when the app was about to hit 500 million users. Before the monetization began, it was mostly funded by the savings of its founder, Pavel Durov.

• Like other major platforms, Telegram provides a blue verification badge to organizations and public figures
• Now, it also allows entities it has verified to distribute verification icons to other accounts and discussions
• Telegram has recently been full of new features for the new year

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