telegram isn't perfect and mostly isn't e2e encrypted - we get it (everyone remotely smart about this stuff has known this forever). doesn't mean durov deserves life in prison. doesn't mean TG isn't a powerful anti-authoritarian tool. perfect enemy of good.

listen to this episode and tell me he's not a man of supreme conviction who defends his principles and free speech above all - in the face of real danger and serious opposition from various terrible regimes

listen to this episode and tell me he's not a man of supreme conviction who defends his principles and free speech above all - in the face of real danger and serious opposition from various terrible regimes 

https://t.co/CQsILqzjSd

Well, also that he drove people away from Signal through spreading FUD. That's crosses the line from "I'm doing my own thing the best I can" to "I'm making the world worse through my own lies and dishonesty"

He's not being judged for his qualities as a person, he's being judged as the CEO of a product that allowed illegal activities to happened and refused to do the single little thing to help preventing them.

Don't worry though, in France there's no life prison. Max is 30 or 35 years.

Bit of a straw man here, nic. None of the charges carry life sentences.

Bit of a straw man here, nic. None of the charges carry life sentences.

https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1828119557057237455