GrapheneOS on Nostr: Telegram chose to have the technical capability to see all private group chats and ...
Telegram chose to have the technical capability to see all private group chats and regular direct messages. In doing so, they put private user data at risk of seizure by governments. The scramble to try to delete data shows lack of basic threat modelling:
https://x.com/sambendett/status/1827712700299821277Published at
2024-08-25 19:07:26Event JSON
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