Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities

Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by aphextron on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:20PM (#16632186)

> Meet Telegram, A Secure Messaging App From The Founders Of VK, Russia’s Largest Social Network

Well, there goes any interest I ever had in using Telegram.

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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by eitland on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:38PM (#16632943)

Well, he lost control of VK years ago and seems to be working hard to prevent that from happening again.

That's part of why I trust it enough to use it (at least for some of my communication. )

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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by gandhium on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @06:18PM (#16633287)

Either lost control or donated it to FSB in secret. He's not exactly a knight in shining armor, judging from all that 'Facebook cloning' affair.

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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by ryanlol on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @11:56PM (#16635318)

Then why has Telegram been sharing an office with VK?

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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by darkstar999 on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:53PM (#16632530)

Why?

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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by trisimix on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:09PM (#16632689)

Cause Russia's fucked?

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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by refurb on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:27PM (#16632843)

I've never before seen such a crude, off-the-cuff answer be so accurate.

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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by nucleardog on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @03:18AM (#16636158)

So's everywhere else. If you're gonna be sending the info to some government, why not spread it around a little so everyone only has part of the picture?

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