💬 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/durov-1968384140.html

👨‍💼 Telegram’s CEO and Founder Durov Under Arrest: Cybercriminals React

https://www.kelacyber.com/durov-telegram-ceo-under-arrest/

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