💬 Telegram is one of the most popular messaging apps in the world, with nearly a billion users,. When its founder, Pavel Durov was arrested in France lately there’s been quite an uproar. This is censorship! But is it really? It’s a great opportunity to talk about the problems associated with Telegram and why it’s better not to use it.
Sources:
📲 Most Popular Messaging Apps (2024)
https://explodingtopics.com/blog/messaging-apps-stats
🚪 The Most Backdoor-Looking Bug I’ve Ever Seen
https://words.filippo.io/dispatches/telegram-ecdh/
🔐 Telegram: Crowdsourcing a More Secure Future
https://telegram.org/blog/crowdsourcing-a-more-secure-future
🤔 Telegram: Can I get Telegram's server-side code?
https://telegram.org/faq#q-why-not-open-source-everything
📊 Security Analysis of Telegram (Symmetric Part)
https://mtpsym.github.io/
🔨Looking back at how Signal works, as the world moves forward
https://signal.org/blog/looking-back-as-the-world-moves-forward/
🤨 What is VLOP?
https://panoptykon.org/vlop
❌ Telegram still doesn't meet large platform requirements under DSA
https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/08/21/telegram-still-doesnt-meet-large-platform-requirements-under-dsa
💵 The Telegram Billionaire and His Dark Empire
https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-telegram-billionaire-and-his-dark-empire-a-f27cb79f-86ae-48de-bdbd-8df604d07cc8
👥 Russia's VKontakte CEO says he was fired, flees Russia
https://www.reuters.com/article/markets/commodities/russias-vkontakte-ceo-says-he-was-fired-flees-russia-idUSL6N0NE1HS/
🇷🇺 Pavel Durov has visited Russia more than 50 times since his "exile" in 2014
https://istories.media/en/news/2024/08/27/pavel-durov-has-visited-russia-more-than-50-times-since-his-exile-in-2014/
🚫 Russia lifts ban on Telegram messaging app after failing to block it
https://www.reuters.com/article/technology/russia-lifts-ban-on-telegram-messaging-app-after-failing-to-block-it-idUSKBN23P2DY/
🇨🇺 Telegram blocked in Cuba? Civil society demands answers
https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/telegram-blocked-in-cuba-civil-society-demands-answers/
📨 Russia blocks Signal messaging app as authorities tighten control over information
https://apnews.com/article/russia-crackdown-signal-messenger-blocked-2adc9c67fc749727c41375f5b5ffb2a3
8️⃣ Eight signs of the difference of Telegram, one of Russia's most successful projects
https://texty.org.ua/articles/112347/eight-signsof-danger-telegram-one-russias-most-successful-projects/
🥷 State-backed attackers and commercial surveillance vendors repeatedly use the same exploits
https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/state-backed-attackers-and-commercial-surveillance-vendors-repeatedly-use-the-same-exploits/
🤬 Telegram is shutting down a channel that called for violent protests against Iran’s government
https://www.vox.com/2017/12/30/16833542/telegram-iran-demostrations-messaging-protests-pavel-durov
⚖️ Telegram is now keeping laws, at least a little
https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/apps/telegram-gibt-nutzerdaten-an-das-bundeskriminalamt-a-0e4d3fcb-8081-4b87-b062-db412bbc294b
💰 Who is funding Telegram? How a decade of unprofitability hasn't stopped the messenger app from growing
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/articles/2023/10/1/7422200/
🇩🇪 Germany and Wirecard. Europe's biggest financial fraud
https://instytutsprawobywatelskich.pl/niemcy-i-wirecard-najwieksze-oszustwo-finansowe-europy/
⛓️💥 Kremlin Denies Putin Met Telegram Boss Durov Before Arrest in France
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/08/26/kremlin-denies-putin-met-telegram-boss-durov-before-arrest-in-france-a86150
📱 WSJ: France, UAE hacked Telegram CEO Durov's iPhone in 2017
https://news.az/news/wsj-france-uae-hacked-t-elegram-ceo-durov-s-iphone-in-2017
🫨 Russian Military Bloggers Are Panicking After Telegram Chief's Arrest
https://www.newsweek.com/russian-military-bloggers-arrest-telegram-pavel-durov-1944293
🗣️ Nechaev urged the opposition parties of France to support the release of Durov
https://ria.ru/20240825/duro