Investigating User Privacy and Security on Telegram Messenger: A Wireshark Analysis

The aim of this study is to scrutinize the safety and confidentiality strategies implemented by Telegram Messenger with the assistance of Wireshark, an extensively used network protocol analyzer. Our scrutiny will be centered on diverse dimensions pertaining to user interactions within said platform, such as registration protocols, message exchanges, file conveyance mechanisms, and audio and video calls. The exploration also encompasses a foray into encryption algorithms employed by Telegram while simultaneously weighing out conceivable security risks that might arise from deploying different messenger functions.