The founder of Telegram Messenger Pavel Durov said that the presence of the service never explained the reports of personal users in all 12 years of history. This is a businessman’s statement he did Official telegraph channel.
According to him, for example, in accordance with the legislation, the EU Digital Services Act is ready to provide the telegram only IP addresses and the phone numbers of people who are suspected of committing crimes. However, this only happens in the presence of a valid court decision and the messages themselves are not transferred.
Durov emphasized the fundamental position of the company: Telegram will leave the market rather than introducing backdors to weaken the encryption by considering the violation of basic human rights. Authorized, exclusively, it is technically impossible to guarantee that the law enforcement officers will receive access to such “black movements”. According to him, Backdors can be used by everyone from foreign special services to computer pirates, which will endanger the privacy and security of users who meet all laws.
Messenger’s founder, unlike some competitors, said Telegram did not intend to sacrifice privacy to increase the market share. He also talked about a recent attempt in France and forbade him to encrypt failed.
He summarized that it is necessary to continue to explain to the deputies of the businessman: encryption is not to protect criminals, but to ensure the privacy and security of ordinary citizens. According to Durov, loss would be a tragedy.
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Source: Gazeta
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