Caleb James DeLisle on Nostr: Telegram is not "encrypted" in any meaningful sense of the word. You can FORCE it to ...
Telegram is not "encrypted" in any meaningful sense of the word. You can FORCE it to setup an encrypted chat, but that's not only person-to-person, but actually device-to-device, so it doesn't share the conversation even between your phone and computer.
It acts roughly as a front office for the Russian mafia, allowing Kremlin authorized criminal enterprises to interface with their customers.
Lastly, Durov is not in any way a dissident, he is fully integrated in the Russian oligarchy. He projects himself as an outsider in much the way Elon Musk projects himself as an outsider of the US oligarchy despite being the defacto administrator of the US space program.
It acts roughly as a front office for the Russian mafia, allowing Kremlin authorized criminal enterprises to interface with their customers.
Lastly, Durov is not in any way a dissident, he is fully integrated in the Russian oligarchy. He projects himself as an outsider in much the way Elon Musk projects himself as an outsider of the US oligarchy despite being the defacto administrator of the US space program.