<p>Our digital lives are getting closer and closer to the real world, and the number of services that need to know your real-life ID increases accordingly. Before today, this meant you had to upload the same document scans over and over for each new app. No more!</p>
<p>Meet <strong>Telegram Passport</strong>– a unified authorization method for services that require personal identification. Upload your documents once, then instantly share your data with services that require real-world ID (finance, ICOs, etc.).</p>
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<h4><aclass="anchor"name="protected-by-end-to-end-encryption"href="#protected-by-end-to-end-encryption"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a>Protected by End-to-End Encryption</h4>
<p>Your identity documents and personal data will be stored in the Telegram cloud using End-to-End Encryption. It is encrypted with a password that only <strong>you</strong> know, so Telegram has <strong>no access</strong> to the data you store in your Telegram passport. When you share data, it goes directly to the recipient.</p>
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<p>In the future, all Telegram Passport data will move to a <strong>decentralized cloud</strong>.</p>
<h4><aclass="anchor"name="try-it-now"href="#try-it-now"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a>Try It Now</h4>
<p>If you'd like to see a <strong>real-life implementation</strong> of Telegram Passport, head over to <ahref="https://www.ePayments.com/tg">ePayments.com</a>– the first electronic payments system to support registration and verification with Telegram Passport.</p>
<p>You can also try out how Telegram Passport works using <ahref="https://core.telegram.org/passport/example">this page</a> to request data.</p>
<p>Please note that you need the latest version of Telegram to access this feature. Once you've uploaded some documents, you will see your data in Settings > Privacy & Security > Telegram Passport (on iOS: Settings > Telegram Passport).</p>
<p>All developers are welcome to integrate Telegram Passport into their apps and services free of charge. It takes minimum effort and can save many hours of coding. </p>
<p>If you are building a service that requires real-life ID, check out the <ahref="https://core.telegram.org/passport"><strong>API docs</strong></a> for SDKs and examples.</p>
<p>In the future, we will be adding third-party verification for Telegram Passports. This way, services won't even need to request the data itself, instead relying on the fact that the Telegram account was approved by a verification provider and the person is real.</p>
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