it is batshit crazy to ban cryptography — if you're so concerned about security, perhaps consider not breeding criminals as a society

ceo @ helius.dev, host @ lightspeed, ex coinbase — wartime shitposter

In Telegram's case, the lack of cryptography might make the platform more liable as groups and most messages are accessible by the platform

I find that there is always this hyper-focus on, "Let's ban X thing, because criminals use it".  It's usually followed by a set data that has been highly curated and completely ignores all the (arguably more numerous) legal/moral/ethical use-cases. 

In the case of privacy concerns: that just because a person "has nothing to hide" does not equate mean they need to expose/share all the details of their life with 3rd parties.  But many people make that leap of "logic" with very little persuasion.

Banning a baseball bat because a minority of criminals use them sounds absurd (at this time), however it's the same argument. 

But here we are in 2024 retroactively-surveilled due to too many people finding it acceptable to have their entire life recorded by an increasingly hostile entity in order to find a few criminals.

Nope... this ".... but criminals use it..." is a trope trotted out to appeal to and convince a person who will never think twice after hearing it that it's a good idea to just ban it.