| >He's living abroad because he's either not allowed or does not feel safe entering Russia. He has since entered Russia. Also, Durov's warrant was dropped just two months after he went exile. Stop inventing things. >VK was taken from him pretty much over his principals not to do what HN just assume telegram does. HN isn't concerned over what he does, it's what capabilities he leaves himself and anyone who hacks his systems. If Durov really cared about his principles, he'd have deployed app-wide E2EE from the get go. He had the money to hire the people to do that. >Telegram was developed outside of Russia to avoid being beholden to them. Didn't stop it from being developed by non experts, almost equally bad considering there's now the equivalent in the backdoor that allows the server to read everyone's group messages. >The fact that Russia was actively blocking telegram should be proof enough If that's proof of Telegram's security, then the fact the ban was lifted means Telegram is now 100% compromised. So yeah, you have to make a choice here. >The reason they stopped is because when they did, they would accidentally blocked other services This is the actual reason they continued, and Telegram's security is not proven by the ban. They've had the capability to hack the server since day one. And if you disagree, you're either ill informed, or fooling yourself. If it's the former, start here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fancy_Bear >Russians are more than one-dimensional Putin-driven fake news generating bad guys. It's very probable Durov isn't actively trying to uphold the oligarchy from abroad by continuing his military training in propaganda and position in the Russian society by retreating to an oppressive country like UAE under the disguise of exile just when chat platforms start to overtake social media sites. I think that's very improbable. But he's a useful fool for creating something that's trivial to hack, and that allows all intelligence establishments around the world to access Telegram's communication. We should've learned from Cambridge Analytica that ubiquitous E2EE by default is the only way to prevent future disasters. It's not like Durov can magically protect Telegram from all the state driven hacking organization and their insane budgets with no profit responsibility. |