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Re:Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested at French airport by GaggiX on Saturday August 24, 2024 @05:27PM (#41341670)
>Do you unironically believe it's not already backdoored for Russian government?

Yes as Telegram was banned in Russia for a long time (or at least they tried) before giving up.

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Re:Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested at French airport by marcinzm on Saturday August 24, 2024 @05:39PM (#41341798)
If they backdoored it between those events then it’d be logical to unban it.
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Re:Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested at French airport by GaggiX on Saturday August 24, 2024 @05:52PM (#41341932)
There was no need, Russia did try by banning a lot of IP ranges but Telegram at the end was still running.
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