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In cases where there is public evidence of illegal activity, where incidents have been reported to law enforcement, does Telegram provide LE with account inform
by walterbell 2y ago
In cases where there is public evidence of illegal activity, where incidents have been reported to law enforcement, does Telegram provide LE with account information (e.g. phone number) for further investigation? Similar to Apple transparency reports? https://www.apple.com/legal/transparency/ https://www.apple.com/legal/transparency/
https://restoreprivacy.com/telegram-sharing-user-data/ https://restoreprivacy.com/telegram-sharing-user-data/
> the operators of the messenger app Telegram have released user data to the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) in several cases. According to SPIEGEL information, this was data from suspects in the areas of child abuse and terrorism. In the case of violations of other criminal offenses, it is still difficult for German investigators to obtain information from Telegram, according to security circles.
Signal and Telegram were publicly sparring in May 2024, https://threema.ch/en/blog/posts/chat-apps-government-ties-and-transparency https://threema.ch/en/blog/posts/chat-apps-government-ties-a...
> two popular chat services have accused each other of having undisclosed government ties. According to Signal president Meredith Whittaker, Telegram is not only “notoriously insecure” but also “routinely cooperates with governments behind the scenes.” Telegram founder Pavel Durov, on the other hand, claims that “the US government spent $3 million to build Signal’s encryption” and Signal’s current leaders are “activists used by the US state department for regime change abroad.”
- codedokode 2y ago> In the case of violations of other criminal offenses, "other offences" probably means copyright issues?
- bryanrasmussen 2y ago>“notoriously insecure” sounds logical and can probably be checked! >"routinely cooperates with governments behind the scenes.” sounds logical and being a big company I suppose true. >“the US government spent $3 million to build Signal’s encryption” sounds probable, meaning they got funding from some NSA project. >“activists used by the US state department for regime change abroad.” this sounds a bit crazy!
- bryanrasmussen 2y agoevidently I'm getting downvoted because people have some opinions about these statements but they're also not able to enunciate what those opinions are even though they must be at odds with my opinions. The classiest type of HN downvoter there is!