How to Set Up and Secure Your Telegram Account to link to ShareYourFans®

Step 1: Creating a Telegram Account

• Download Telegram Telegram is available on the App Store for iOS, Google Play for Android, and desktop for Mac and Windows.

• Sign Up Using Your Phone Number Telegram requires a phone number for verification. After entering your phone number, you’ll receive a verification code.

• Set Up Username Choose a username that doesn’t directly reveal your identity, especially if you want to maintain privacy.

Step 2: Adjust Privacy Settings for Anonymity

• Hide Phone Number: In Settings > Privacy and Security > Phone Number, set “Who Can See My Number” to Nobody so others in Drop Groups cannot see your phone number. Set “Who Can Find Me By My Number” to My Contacts.

• Don’t Sync your Contacts
1. Go to Telegram Settings > Privacy & Security > Find “Sync Contacts” and toggle it OFF
2. Delete any contacts Telegram may have already synced by going to Settings > Privacy & Security > Delete Synced Contacts

• Control Who Can See Your Account Even if you disable contact syncing, you should still lock down your privacy settings:
• Hide Your Phone Number:
1. Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Phone Number
2. Set “Who Can See My Number” to Nobody
3. Set “Who Can Find Me By My Number” to My Contacts
• Restrict Who Can Message You:
1. Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Messages
2. Set “Who Can Message Me” to My Contacts
• Prevent Strangers from Adding You to Groups:
1. Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Groups & Channels
2. Set “Who Can Add Me to Groups” to My Contacts

Step 3: Enable Additional Security Measures

• Two-Step Verification: Go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Two-Step Verification and add a password for extra security when logging into your Telegram account.

• Disable Last Seen & Online Status: In Settings > Privacy and Security > Last Seen & Online, set it to Nobody or My Contacts to keep your activity private.

• Set Up Passcode Lock: Use Settings > Privacy and Security > Passcode Lock to add an app-specific passcode, ensuring no one else can access Telegram on your device.

Step 4: Link Telegram with ShareYourFans®

• Log into your ShareYourFans® Account Visit app.shareyourfans.com and go to Settings.

• Open Telegram Settings Go to Settings > Telegram.
 

• Click Link Click Link. Don’t see a pop-up after this? Allow pop-ups for app.shareyourfans.com in your browser.
 

• Type Your Phone Number A Telegram Authorization pop-up opens. Type the phone number on your Telegram account (with your country code) and tap Continue.
 

• Open Telegram and Tap Confirm Open Telegram. You’ll get a message from Telegram (the official account with the blue check, under “service notifications”) saying it received a request to log in on app.shareyourfans.com. Tap Confirm. You have to do this, or your Telegram won’t be linked.
 

• You’re Linked Your Telegram name now shows on the Telegram settings page, and our ShareYourFans® Assistant Bot can message you about drops.