Telegram privacy bug can retrieve media from deleted messages

Telegram privacy bug was recently found by a security researcher which can retrieve deleted messages from user accounts.

The Telegram which is one of the most secure and one of the trusted apps for private messaging and also has many other features of Telegram in 2019 can be read any messenger. Recently Telegram also revealed about the file transfer limit which is more than any messenger.

Also Read: Telegram File Transfer Limit Finally Revealed

Privacy Bug Found In Telegram


Recently security researcher Dhiraj Mishra discovered one of the most serious privacy bugs in Telegram app which good retrieve and expose deleted messages videos and also pictures. According to research, this privacy issue can expose any of the concerned media to the others uses.



What this bug can do?


Most of the time when Telegram users did not want to send any of the video or picture and he deletes it. But the bag can retrieve it back from deleted media in the internal storage of the device.

Retrieve deleted messages could be a serious issue like Facebook privacy issues.

According to researchers


When I use to send a message with images videos or any other content to the recipient it also gets stored in the internal storage of the user can be easily located at the directories which part is:

/Telegram/Telegram Images/

What about Telegram Windows app?


It means that the delete message feature only worked for the chat window of the app. Another big problem with this bug it can also expose deleted media in Telegram subgroups which could be easily available to all of the users.

Meanwhile, researches from Telegram also tested Android and IOS for the existence of this bug and they so accept that they are trying to fix this bug soon. Security researcher Dhiraj Mishra who was the first person get awarded a bounty of €2,500 of you find this bug and report it to Telegram.

Conclusion


Download Now Latest Telegram 5.11 Update on Play Store


According to Telegram, Telegram privacy bug is fixed now in the next telegram version 5.11. Bug bounty programs are also raining by many other social media like Facebook and Telegram.

Read Also: Facebook Libra Bug Bounty Program With $10,000 Reward

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