Shocker: French make surprise arrest of Telegram founder at Paris airport
Lack of moderation on Telegram claimed to be reason for arrest.
@arstechnica interesting. Wonder how much of this is Putin's influence and money.
@Jeanniewarner
Answer to you question is - about zero.
While Signal messenger is banned in russia, #telegram is not. Telegram has servers in russia and nothing is E2E encrypted by default so it is pretty easy for the FSB to get access to anything there.
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@older @arstechnica Telegram is also, not coincidentally, heavily in use for Ukrainian forces and allies.
@Jeanniewarner
It i not used by the Ukrainian military (if that's what you mean), but is very popular in Ukraine indeed.
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@Jeanniewarner @arstechnica No need to read the article just the paragraph available is enough to imagine what has happened https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2024-08-21/ty-article-magazine/.premium/israels-futile-war-against-massive-iranian-hack-of-secret-data/00000191-6bd7-d1ee-afb5-6bff8a510000
@ghostdancer @arstechnica No one needs to hear me ranting about why Tor, .onion, Telegram and such need to exist. Must exist. Because authoritarian governments and corporations and murder as a tool of silence and oppression persist.
:eyes dead Boeing whistleblowers thoughtfully:
@Jeanniewarner @arstechnica Too many interests in controlling the message.
@arstechnica I guess Elon better not travel to France ever.
@RobCampbell @arstechnica unfortunately our Glorious King President loves to get high off of Elon's farts so the laws won't apply to him
This sets an interesting and delightful precedent.
@arstechnica I don’t use Telegram but I’m guessing it’s the Channels feature that sets them apart from other unmoderated chat services, right?
@veedems @arstechnica Maybe, or more likely the French would like to go after other chat services too (see for example the ChatControl proposal). The line between group chat, invitation only channels and public channels can be unclear so I don't know if that's why Telegram would be different.
@arstechnica let the “Finding Out” commence.
@arstechnica I watched a bit of BBC panorama episode today, and one of the reason of Southport riot 3 weeks ago is from a telegram group too 
@arstechnica Move fast, break things, go to jail.
@amoose136 @knutson_brain @arstechnica
Image search doesn't work anymore, who's the guy in the uniform?
@FatherEnoch @amoose136 @knutson_brain @arstechnica Fred Armisen, comedian, is the man in uniform
@arstechnica den of child porn, moderation for groups is fine
I'm surprised they used a photo from when #PavelDurov was so young, rather than, say, the one below (not that he looks that much older in the latter, but that's another story).
This is the first time I remember even hearing about #Telegram. What does it do that allows the founder to live in the #UAE?
@arstechnica This is great news. The internet is not a law free room.
@juergen @arstechnica So it's okay for the government to randomly get involved in private chats with no evidence of a crime occuring? Imagine if the FBI searched through your house because there is a 1% chance you have something illegal at your house. You are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty.
With your logic, we should arrest the discord founder because illegal stuff is shared all the time there, or Instagram, or snapchat, etc.
Looks like a young androgynous android.
lazysupper @arstechnica It's just like when French authorities arrested the CEO of Kalashnikov Concern after the Paris Attacks in 2015.