> I obviously was referring to e2ee; So you admit you weren't just spreading inaccuracies you heard from someone else but you knew you were posting disinformat

> I obviously was referring to e2ee; So you admit you weren't just spreading inaccuracies you heard from someone else but you knew you were posting disinformation. > I further stand by my assertion that Telegram's encryption is nearly guaranteed to be backdoored, because there is literally zero reason for a startup to invest the massive engineering resources needed to successfully develop and maintain its own encryption algorithms, unless they were being paid to do so. This is a good argument. > Do you seriously think Putin would allow a domestic company to develop a communication tool that would allow Russians to communicate with each other in complete privacy? Telegram is not a Russian company? >> prove it or shut up. > Go read the HN commenting policy (specifically around civility) or shut up. Sorry. I was too harsh. I actually regret. Compared to willfully spreading disinformation however it seems pretty minor though? ----- A bit more: I know local police used to use Telegram. That worries me. It is actually even more complicated: If Putin reads my most personal messages I don't care. If NSA or even worse, local police actually took their time to read my messages I'd be mad or worried. However if FSB asked for help they would need a very good reason and I'd try to consult with local law enforcement first. If local police however asked for help I'd go out of my way to help them.