0 sats \ 6 replies \ @Bell_curve 24 Aug \ parent \ on: Pavel Durov, co-founder of Telegram, arrested in France privacy
What is different?
https://www.theblock.co/post/312939/telegram-founder-and-ceo-pavel-durov-arrested-in-france-by-national-anti-fraud-office-tf1?
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21 sats \ 5 replies \ @Malachi17 24 Aug
It didn't start with end to end encryption for one thing: https://www.trustedreviews.com/news/is-telegram-safe-4130553
Then there was the whole you needed a phone number: https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/7/23498236/telegram-fragment-phone-number-crypto-verification-monetization
Telegram didn't start out with privacy in mind. It feels vaguely like some kind of honey trap that backfired.
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @Bell_curve 25 Aug
How is this relevant to his arrest by French police?
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Malachi17 25 Aug
It feels vaguely like some kind of honey trap that backfired.
Isn't INTERPOL in France?
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Malachi17 25 Aug
https://m.stacker.news/48133
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 25 Aug
What’s your point?
WEF will give him a get out of jail card?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Malachi17 25 Aug
My point was and is, it isn't as simple as freedom of speech in this instance. There are layers of screwiness afoot.
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