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Re:Telegram reportedly surrendered user data to authorities by differentView on Monday June 06, 2022 @08:01AM (#31639379)
>"To this day, we have disclosed 0 bytes of user data to third parties, including governments."

A very specific way of saying what most would assume means their users' data is safe. Even if it's not an outright lie, allowing government agents to view user data in their office would not contradict their statement.

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Re:Telegram reportedly surrendered user data to authorities by krono on Monday June 06, 2022 @08:39AM (#31639694)
What is your definition of "disclosed"?

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disclosed

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Re:Telegram reportedly surrendered user data to authorities by mixmixmix on Monday June 06, 2022 @09:23AM (#31640110)
His definition of "disclosed" is whatever fits his own narrative.
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Re:Telegram reportedly surrendered user data to authorities by differentView on Monday June 06, 2022 @09:41AM (#31640303)
If a government agent asks for certain user data, a Telegram employee does a search and have it on their screen for the government agent to see. How many bytes would you say Telegram has disclosed?
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Re:Telegram reportedly surrendered user data to authorities by krono on Monday June 06, 2022 @09:46AM (#31640371)
The exact number of bytes I wouldn't know, but they would certainly have disclosed all the information that was rendered on screen at that moment.
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Re:Telegram reportedly surrendered user data to authorities by mariusmg on Monday June 06, 2022 @09:08AM (#31639964)
Or printed on paper ?
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