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Considering the founder of Telegram more or less had his previous startup VK (Russian competitor to Facebook) stolen by Putin after his refusal to hand over in
by m12k 6y ago
Considering the founder of Telegram more or less had his previous startup VK (Russian competitor to Facebook) stolen by Putin after his refusal to hand over info about Ukrainian protestors [1], and has left the country with no interest in returning, I'd be inclined to trust that Telegram is not a front for the Russian state, quite the contrary in fact.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Durov#Dismissal_from_VK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Durov#Dismissal_from_VK
- FDSGSG 6y agoTelegram was developed in the VK offices for a long time after VK was supposedly "stolen" from Durov. >left the country with no interest in returning Well, except for when he does https://tjournal.ru/tech/52954-durov-back-in-ussr https://tjournal.ru/tech/52954-durov-back-in-ussr http://uip.me/2016/04/dark-side-of-the-telegram/ http://uip.me/2016/04/dark-side-of-the-telegram/ https://lenta.ru/news/2017/03/20/durov/ https://lenta.ru/news/2017/03/20/durov/ https://medium.com/@anton.rozenberg/friendship-betrayal-claims-3f395bcc95fa https://medium.com/@anton.rozenberg/friendship-betrayal-clai... https://theoutline.com/post/2348/what-isn-t-telegram-saying-about-its-connections-to-the-kremlin https://theoutline.com/post/2348/what-isn-t-telegram-saying-... https://twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/910186197598838784 https://twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/910186197598838784
- m12k 6y agoThanks for the background info!