I'm not a fan of Telegram the app due to the fact that it doesn't enable end-to-end encryption by default, but this is an interesting post by Durov, from today:

I'm not a fan of Telegram the app due to the fact that it doesn't enable end-to-end encryption by default, but this is an interesting post by Durov, from today: > The power that local governments have over IT corporations is based on money. At any given moment, a government can crash their stocks by threatening to block revenue streams from its markets and thus force these companies to do strange things (remember how last year Apple moved iCloud servers to China). At Telegram, we have the luxury of not caring about revenue streams or ad sales. Privacy is not for sale, and human rights should not be compromised out of fear or greed. http://t.me/durov/76 http://t.me/durov/76 Remember Telegram recently raised a whopping $1.7 billion from a coin offering. It's also the reason I've been begging Signal to do something similar for over a year now. Cryptocurrencies can provide the liquidity open source projects need, and it can also help them stand against oppressive governments. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-30/telegram-raises-1-7-billion-in-coin-offering-may-seek-more https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-30/telegram-...