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Well, this is the consequence of Telegram's poor privacy choices. Most chats are not end-to-end encrypted, and they could have access to their content. This mak

Well, this is the consequence of Telegram's poor privacy choices. Most chats are not end-to-end encrypted, and they could have access to their content. This makes them liable when they refuse governments' requests for such information. It also raises the question of whether they have given such access to other governments like Russia (coincidentally, Durov was in Baku at the same time Putin was visiting, and there is speculation that they may have met). In contrast, Signal does not have access to any chats or user information (except the timestamp of when users last logged in) and could not be forced to wiretap.

tryauuum 2y ago
> This makes them liable when they refuse governments' requests for such information If all the chats are e2e encrypted then the government will arrest you for designing chats in such a way that a backdoor is impossible Like we say in Russia, "as long as we have a man we can find a law to imprison him"
- vzaliva 2y ago
  Well, maybe in russia but not in the USA. At least not yet. Check the history of PGP as an example of strong encryption the government was not happy about.
  - fragmede 2y ago
    depends on the company you keep. it's been that way in the US for a while.
EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 2y ago
>> could not be forced to wiretap Couldn't they just quietly release an update, under a threat of a 20y jail time, or just $5 wrench? Any centralized solution is vulnerable. The only real solution is open source serverless p2p network.
- oska 2y ago
  > The only real solution is open source serverless p2p network. e.g. Keet (although currently 99.9% open sourced; not yet 100%)