matdevdug on Nostr: npub19lt42…6qfjk My understanding is it started because it is a Russian app and was ...
npub19lt4284mghqxekzm6n5njxurnxrxhqhrva2leusdsuu5ja5jeycq66qfjk (npub19lt…qfjk) My understanding is it started because it is a Russian app and was believed to be secure from the FSB. Then Russia banned it but the state effectively lacked a way to enforce the ban. However it runs well on lower-end phones, has a lot of features and the Russian community was using it for news already.
They reversed the ban when Telegram agreed to "investigate extremism" which to some people suggests (while not a full backdoor), a willingness of Telegram to turn over messages upon request to the FSB. Groups, channels, and one-to-one chats use its ‘cloud’ encryption while only Secret Chats between two individuals use end-to-end encryption. So effectively the Russian government can get access to whatever it needs to outside of Secret Chats between two people.
They reversed the ban when Telegram agreed to "investigate extremism" which to some people suggests (while not a full backdoor), a willingness of Telegram to turn over messages upon request to the FSB. Groups, channels, and one-to-one chats use its ‘cloud’ encryption while only Secret Chats between two individuals use end-to-end encryption. So effectively the Russian government can get access to whatever it needs to outside of Secret Chats between two people.