Telegram founder Pavel Durov’s arrest will not have a negative impact on the security of the messenger and should not be deleted, he said. RIA Novosti Vladimir Dashchenko, Kaspersky ICS CERT expert.
Commenting on the situation on Telegram after Durov’s arrest, Durov said: “If we talk about security in general, you can continue to use messengers safely if you follow basic security rules.”
After Durov’s arrest in France and the US observed Increase in Telegram downloads. The expert stressed that users should not panic: if Messenger is used to read news and communicate, then there is no need to worry. However, if you use Telegram for illegal activities, law enforcement agencies can access information through other means, including security vulnerabilities, the expert noted.
To ensure their safety, users are advised to use complex passwords when unlocking devices, not to log in to third-party resources via messenger, and not to share authorization codes with strangers.
It is also important to regularly check active sessions on Messenger and close unused ones.
Durova was detained Getting off a private jet at Le Bourget Airport in France on the evening of August 24. The entrepreneur arrived in the country from Azerbaijan.
In the French police stated The businessman was accused of refusing to cooperate on cyber and financial crimes on Telegram, Reuters reported. They added that Durov was under investigation by the national cybercrime and fraud departments.
At the same time, the prosecutor’s office clarifiedDurov was reportedly questioned as part of an investigation into “an unnamed person” accused of 12 crimes. The case was opened on July 8.
Carlson previously named Durov’s detention is a “hallmark of the dictatorship.”
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Source: Gazeta
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