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Do the founders have family in Russia? I'm not really up to date with Telegram as a company or the people behind it.
by gmemstr 9y ago
Do the founders have family in Russia? I'm not really up to date with Telegram as a company or the people behind it.
- saurik 9y agohttp://techcrunch.com/2013/10/27/meet-telegram-a-secure-messaging-app-from-the-founders-of-vk-russias-largest-social-network/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/27/meet-telegram-a-secure-mess... > Meet Telegram, A Secure Messaging App From The Founders Of VK, Russia’s Largest Social Network
- thathappened 9y agoDoes no one care that Digital Ocean is owned and created by Russia? You're all worried about apps, what about the hosts they use?
- aphextron 9y ago>Does no one care that Digital Ocean is owned and created by Russia? Really? Source? I thought they were based in NYC?
- kicarus 9y agoJust because the founders immigrated from Russia as youth, doesn't mean "Digital Ocean is owned and created by Russia"
- diggan 9y agoWhere you get that from? Wikipedia page about DigitalOcean mentions it's an American company from New York City. What makes you say it's owned and created by Russia (which I think you mean the Russian Government)?
- luxpir 9y agoI care, but had no idea. Any more info? Search not showing up much.
- sli 9y agoIt's not true.
- usaphp 9y agoGoogle is also founded by Russian immigrants, it does not mean its owned and is created in Russia...
- aphextron 9y ago> Meet Telegram, A Secure Messaging App From The Founders Of VK, Russia’s Largest Social Network Well, there goes any interest I ever had in using Telegram.
- darkstar999 9y agoWhy?
- trisimix 9y agoCause Russia's fucked?
- refurb 9y agoI've never before seen such a crude, off-the-cuff answer be so accurate.
- nucleardog 9y agoSo's everywhere else. If you're gonna be sending the info to some government, why not spread it around a little so everyone only has part of the picture?
- eitland 9y agoWell, he lost control of VK years ago and seems to be working hard to prevent that from happening again. That's part of why I trust it enough to use it (at least for some of my communication. )
- strictnein 9y agoPavel Durov left Russia several years ago.
- vbezhenar 9y agoSo shall we assume that NSA/Mossad/MI5/whatever has secret keys?
- petre 9y agoThey don't need the keys. They made sure they can predict the elliptic curve coefficients. A lot more ellegant an approach don't you think?