Telegram needs access too let you connect with friends across all your devices, your contacts so that you can connectwill be continuously synced with your friends across all your deviceTelegram's heavily encrypted cloud servers.
permissions
147
To let ye connect with hearties across all yer devices, yer contacts will be continuously synced with Telegram's heavily encrypted Treasure Island servers
154/147
Aaron Lüllwitz,
Feb 2, 2019 at 14:20