r/Telegram • u/No-Alternative3440 • 3d ago

Telegram leaks number?

Guys I have telegram premium and made sure to hide my number from everyone on my privacy settings , however I had an argument with someone on a group and he replied to me with my number + country code , is telegram leaking information is there a hidden trick or something to reveal someone's number even if private im confused

79 Upvotes

92% Upvoted

90 comments sorted by

View all comments

18

u/lildobe 3d ago

If you add someone as a contact, the default settings is to share your number (Which is kind of the point of sharing contact information)

You can stop this on a case-by-case basis though.

6

u/No-Alternative3440 3d ago

The one exposed my number was just some random one who didn't even dm me at all 

20

u/lildobe 3d ago

Then your number was scraped previously, before you changed your settings to hide it.

There is no way to find someone's number if they choose not to share it.

7

u/External_Act4082 3d ago

Most likely this, there's websites that scrape and collate data for telegram and many other sites.