It was a message along the lines of "Your friend Ekky has started using Telegram, say hello to them".
Not sure if it was a notification or a message, but that was very uncanny and definitely felt scammy and abusive. It's not the first time I've seen an app behave this way, though usually the app asks first.
Automatically sending messages to your contacts?? Someone might have access to your account
It was a message along the lines of "Your friend Ekky has started using Telegram, say hello to them".
Not sure if it was a notification or a message, but that was very uncanny and definitely felt scammy and abusive. It's not the first time I've seen an app behave this way, though usually the app asks first.
Oh yeah it notifies people who already have your number