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antorobin

Hi Smirnoff, Telegram bots are designed to run within a limited environment.

Bots do not get access to phone number or anything such. Read more here -->

https://telegram.org/blog/bot-revolution

https://core.telegram.org/bots/api

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This is from Telegram Bot FAQ -->The bots can receive:

- Service messages (people added or removed from the group, etc.)

And that's with Privacy Mode activated!

Btw by default, we have made our bot in such a way that one cannot add it to any group. :) Its completely personal with anyone who adds @icliniqbot from his telegram app.

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