In this How To... episode, Tech Community Lead Galen Reich talks you through how to use the Bellingcat Telegram Phone Number Checker, a Python tool that allows you to check if phone numbers are connected to Telegram accounts, retrieving usernames, names, and IDs where available.

To use the tool you need to be familiar with Python and the command line, you can find a walkthrough of the basics of the command line here:    • Command Line Fundamentals: Bellingcat...  
Find the tool itself here: https://github.com/bellingcat/telegra...

Password and credential management guidance can be found here: https://ssd.eff.org/modulecategories...
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