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It states that it's using telethon.

That appears to be an MTProto library.

https://docs.telethon.dev/en/latest/concepts/botapi-vs-mtpro...

Yes, it does use MTProto and yes it is a real user. And yes admittedly the title in retrospect was a bit charged but the applications remain the same if extended.

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