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This actually is not a bad thing. If an unofficial client MITM the whole registration process, it’s much harder for the true account owner to prove that he/she is the legit one.

Also, it doesn’t really require a client to register; Telegram can be accessed from a browser.

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smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
If unofficial app can MITM registration, it can the same way MITM login later.

doesn’t require a client A side note, JavaScript app in the browser is as much an app as Java/Kotlin on Android. But I know websites and web-based applications are now so mixed together it sometimes can confuse me too.

And browser version of Telegram does not allow registering new accounts also.

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- atkdef@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Compared to login, MITM on registration means the culprit knows the IP address and the time of the registration, which is usually significant on claiming the account back.
  
  I don’t have a spare number to test, but I’m pretty sure entering a phone number in the web sends SMS. Do you have concrete evidence that it really doesn’t work?
  
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  - smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Unfortunetly not, I must test it also.
    
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