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"Telegram will disclose users' phones and IP addresses to authorities at their requests, the messenger app's founder and CEO, Pavel Durov, said on September 23."

Its over for Telegram. Durov caved really fast too.

"Telegram will disclose users' phones and IP addresses to authorities at their requests, the messenger app's founder and CEO, Pavel Durov, said on September 23."

Its over for Telegram. Durov caved really fast too. https://www.rferl.org/a/telegram-durov-dsclosure-phones-ip-addresses-authorties/33131064.html

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Ultimately this will be a net good I think. So many people trusted Telegram when it was never a secure option. Hopefully people will move to Signal and Session for more sensitive conversations, and web3 can move to XMTP finally 🤞

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This feels not too bad tbh in the grand scheme of things, if you’re using a cellphone your cell provider already caves and provides location, tower pings, etc.

Agreed it should get ppl to focus on apps we like but overall if you’re a criminal using a cell is already a bad move

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Nothing to do with being a criminal. Plenty of lawful people would be at risk if their conversations leaked: journalists, activists, law enforcement, politicians.

To say nothing of people who are morally correct but legally targeted by authoritarian regimes.

As I pointed out in another response, the more people who use a truly private service, the better the overall privacy.