@societycat can you pick up the tweaker outside my house? He'll be very good at a war cry if you train him

my sources say to turn off automatic downloads

https://bsky.app/profile/redteef.bsky.social/post/3mi3ki5tip227

Sorry about repost. Previous page was infested with ads and nagware, bluesky should hopefully be a better reading experience.

The post mentions disabling automatic file downloads but it could also be the case that this exploit is triggered sending a string or another kind of push notification. If so, disabling notifications and app background usage (to ensure the app does not wake up in the background and potentially retrieve the exploit code) seems like a good idea too. Also, if you are using 3rd party Telegram forks, well, don't. They are known to lag several versions behind the official Telegram code.

However, knowing mobile phone OS sandboxing, I find it extremely unlikely an app can break out of the sandbox. Check the app permissions too and ensure you have removed all permissions. In such case, the worst thing that could potentially happen is the exploit is able to control other accounts that are logged into the app.

Another possibility is that the exploit affects only Telegram Qt (the desktop version), as desktop operating systems are significantly less protected against exploits and applications are generally not sandboxed

I've been told by my lawyer to retract a prior statement

Which one I'm not telling

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Eating gumbo with the tiniest spoon imaginable and it's taking forever

Go get the gumbo glove

Danke Wulfgar

And @societycat for informing wulfgar

This is exactly what it feels like to drive the FRV. Coincidentally, it is also the same feeling as whipping shitties in da long pt cruiser while drunk

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