Re: Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Arrested in France

On 27 Aug 2024 11:48:15 GMT, Julius Bernotas <gaussianblue@tilde.pink> wrote:

Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> writes:

D. Ray:

Telegram founder Pavel Durov was arrested in France on
Saturday allegedly as part of an investigation into his
platform for not having enough "moderation."

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It is not so much about moderation as about his pricipal
refusal to disclose the encryption keys to third parties
(including the Russian government).
Considering the extensive use of Telegram by the Russian
military as a means of secure communication on the Ukrainian
front (for lack of a better one), the sad joke here is the
they arrested our Chief of Communications.  Rumours have it
that Durov has anticipated his arrest and activated a
security protocol ensuring the French not get access.

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IIRC Telegram's founder originally fled Russia and went to Israel.
The Russian authorities had difficulties tracking down people
who were writing things that were against the official line
of the regime on Telegram. So the Russian authorities got annoyed
by Telegram and Telegram's founder had to flee Russia.
The Russian authorities even slowed down the speed of
internet connections to Telegram's servers inside Russia
on February 2022 and in the 6 following months. I wonder
if the internet speed for connections to Telegram's servers is
still artificially being slowed down.
I'm trying to figure out whether
I understand you correctly. Are you saying that Telegram
is an official means of communication for the Russian military
on the Ukrainian front? Or are you saying that Telegram is used
on the front as a normal means of communication? Used mainly
by soldiers. To keep in touch with their circle of friends. Any
people anywhere in the world would use Telegram to keep in touch with
their circle of friends. Not just Russian soldiers on the Ukrainian
front. And are you saying that Telegram is not a means of
communication used by Russian military officials on the
Ukrainian front? To transmit orders for example.

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# mnemonic "third part", mutable, siva

why would anyone, military or otherwise, use open channels, public
social media for example, to communicate top-secret/sensitive data,
entrusting corporate criminals with encryption? ...pigs have wings

as a casual user of remailers for posting to newsgroups, "privacy"
is a simple matter, because none of the plain text content posted
to these unmoderated newsgroup forums requires decryption to read;
but some users may have more serious concerns about prevention of
"unauthorized" access to unencrypted content regardless of format
or function, in such cases "whole message encryption" is strongly
recommended . . . see https://www.danner-net.de/omom/tutorwme.htm