Telegram improves its security with two-step verification
The most secure messaging application on the mobile market, or at least the most secure among the known ones, continues to improve remarkably despite the strong competitiveness in this market. Thus, Telegram launches a new update for its applications in Android and iOS, offering the same list of new features focused on security and at the comfort of the user.And it is pointing out ways to become the best messaging option, despite the fact that WhatsApp continues to maintain and expand its bulk of active users.
Both in the version for Android and for iOS, the same novelties One of the most outstanding is two-step verification A newsecurity layer that aims to strengthen the barriers that this application already has. Thus, it proposes to establish a second password that is required to login in the user's account of Telegram Something really useful and valuable for those who are most jealous of their information and privacy, knowing that there is a requirement for this additional password to enter their account through other terminals. Thus, in addition to the code via SMS that is usually used to verify the identity of the user, it is also possible to protect this account with a personal password that only he or she knows.Simply go to the Privacy and Security section within Settings to set thiscode two-step verification
Another novelty that this update brings with it is closely related to security. And it is that the user now has full power to admanage the sessions opened with his account on different devices. That is, manage in which computers, tablets or smartphones you can use your account to chat. Within the same section Privacy and Security, a new section on active sessions shows which computers and devices have been logged on and which ones are active. Always with the possibility of closing said session remotely, preventing anyone else on that computer or device from seeing the chats or impersonating the user's identity.
Finally, the list of what's new in this Telegram update is closed by the new preview of links In this way, each time a link is sent to a photo on the social network Instagram, or to a message from Twitter or to a video from YouTube , a large image shows part of the content of the page directly in the conversation. Something that will help the receiving user to decide whether or not to enter the link to see the final content, being able to save time thanks to this new feature. In addition, the sending user can cancel the sending of this preview by clicking on the X that appears next to to the image before sending the message.
In short, a notable update in terms of security and comfort And the fact is that the user can already make sure in which terminals he has started session, in addition to protecting your account with a password All this with the option of not wasting time when accessing web pages to see an image that is already displayed directly on the chat. This new version of Telegram is now available through Google Play and App Store fully free
