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by jatotebs 668 days ago
You don't think USA are remotely involved in this decision to go after Durov? Especially with France being part of the 9-Eyes alliance with USA.

Edit: I added on a mention about the close intelligence relationship between France and USA, for those not in the know.
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JumpCrisscross 668 days ago
> You don't think USA are remotely involved in this decision to go after Durov?

Not really, no. If we wanted to nab him for goodies, we'd use a country without the rule of law.

> with France being part of the 9-Eyes alliance with USA

Telegram is unencrypted by default. The IC has no reason to mess with it.

Also, it takes about a picosecond of studying Gallic-American relations to realise that Paris doesn't take instructions from Washington.

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JAlexoid 668 days ago
Telegram isn't an interesting target for US govt, as its use in the west is low. US is least likely culprit here.
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