Users do not need to blindly trust Telegram bots as they are often created by scammers. Vladimir Ulyanov, head of the Zecurion analytical center, warned that with the help of this “tool” they steal people’s personal data.
“We can’t trust bots because we don’t know where the information is going, who the beneficiaries are, so to speak. Accordingly, risks must be taken at your own risk, – aforementioned He speaks to the Public News Service. “When we use a bot, we are passing some information to it anyway.”
He recalled that some of the bots were connected to chats and could access people’s correspondence. Such correspondence can also be “leaked” to scammers.
The security of a bot can be determined by the trust placed in its developer. You need to be especially careful if a user wants to buy something using a bot and is asked for bank card information. Such information can only be sent to a bot if the person completely trusts its creator.
The expert also added that the amount of data the bot can receive from the user depends on the privacy settings, so you do not need to be afraid of being in the same chat with the bot.
“But if you provide the bot with some information yourself, or if the bot has access to the correspondence, then it is clear that this information can be leaked,” he concluded.
Let us remind you that there are also IT experts. to warnYou will “have to pay” for new functions of chatbots with personal data. In this case, the issue of user privacy is an important ethical issue.
Previously retired in Moscow Sold gave two apartments and 19 million rubles to fraudsters for investment.