Advantages and disadvantages of Telegram bots
Telegram bots are one of the messaging capabilities like Telegram, which allows the user to interact with them by sending messages and different commands. This program runs on a server and Telegram is a secure interface for exchange between the user and the program on that server. Telegram’s open source feature allows programmers to write bots for it and help develop this program.
According to Aetna from Isna, from the very beginning, with the introduction of Telegram bots, various discussions and rumors were raised in cyberspace about the dangerousness of these bots, but the answer to this question can be given if we first know what we mean by malicious activity and the Telegram bot. What capabilities does it have to perform malicious activity?
By examining the Telegram bot, we can understand that it is a user account like other Telegram users, and naturally, the maximum access it can have is equal to the accesses of a normal user in Telegram. So when we use a Telegram bot, that bot sees the same information from us that another user sees, which includes first and last name, user ID or profile picture.
In this regard, in an interview with Isna, Kivan Aggarkar, an expert in the field of communication and information technology, said about the way Telegram bots work: These bots are written both by the developer of the Telegram application and by programmers, and they provide services to users and access creates and has been used and noticed by users as a tool.
He added: These robots operate in two ways from the security department; Or they use users directly and the user gives the information with consent and therefore we have to accept that we have given them this information ourselves. But due to the fact that anything can happen in cyberspace, it can be said that they indirectly endanger our security and information, or they have our information, so there are both ways, and we can say Telegram bots. They access user information.
This expert continued his words and emphasized: the user may provide his information to the owner of the robot by using a robot, and as a result, there is a possibility that he can use the information he has collected for other channels or sell it. .
Silver Kar believes that one of the problems of this foreign messenger is that the user may find out that he has subscribed to channels without his consent, although it should be noted that part of this work is done by robots and another part is done manually, which is one of the features of a messenger. , is done.
About the ways to deal with or stop the lack of access of robots, he stated: If there is a solution, it should be seen in the settings section of this messenger. Telegram messenger is an advantage because it allows users to be present in this messenger and visit different channels, and it generally increases its visits.
In the end, this expert in the field of communication and information technology said: Therefore, it does not seem that the Telegram group considers the existence of robots difficult or wants to create an obstacle in this field; Unless it wants to go somewhere, but as long as it is like this, it is ultimately up to the user to decide whether to use it or not. In general, there is no solution, but this process may exist in non-original versions of Telegram that were used for a while and had the worst security. Therefore, as far as I know, there is no solution for robots.