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Now, it's not concrete evidence, but I find it truly curious that Telegram has been banned in many authoritarian countries, but WhatsApp wasn't. It does sugges
by skzv 6y ago
Now, it's not concrete evidence, but I find it truly curious that Telegram has been banned in many authoritarian countries, but WhatsApp wasn't.
It does suggest the authorities do have access to WhatsApp chats in some manner, at least.
Durov has publicly stated that the FBI offered bribes multiple times to insert a backdoor into Telegram.
- tuxeh 6y agoWhatsapp has been banned in China for a few years now unless roaming on a foreign sim card or connected to a vpn https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_websites_blocked_in_mainland_China https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_websites_blocked_in_...