Telegram: we keep control for ourselves and refuse to cooperate.
Tornado: we relinquish all control so we cannot cooperate.

If you think this is the same thing, you STILL do not understand the point of crypto.

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I understand the detainment from the weekend.  

The most frustrating part of both is the overwhelming need of governments to listen in on our conversations.

Former financial advisor.  Teaching crypto to financial professionals for 4 years.  Multi-family office for crypto wealthy


Maybe governments just want to actually enforce laws that were voted on?

As a citizen, I want people who commit crimes to be convicted and if a company has the power to help (because they explicitly *took that power*), then I want them to help.

The story is completely different if the company purposefully refused to take control.

That said, I can also imagine that some of the conspiracy theories around Russia, the fact that the TG servers could have been tapped... etc are all possible.

I am just very worries when so-called crypto advocates are all worries about free-speech here. I don't think that's the issue, at all.

Completely agree.  A law is a law, and he knew the law, knew he had a warrant, and landed in France.

I also agree that if the platform were decentralized, it changes the conversation.