Discussion

• @jasonkoebler Jason Koebler on threads

  Conservatives have been championing Telegram as a more ideologically aligned alternative to Signal, and so they are trying to paint Durov's arrest as being politically motivated / designed to censor conservatives.  To be clear, Telegram is much less secure than Signal (!!) https:…

• @nordbergj Jenny Nordberg on x

  Feel like I'm missing something crucial here — why and how can France just take him into custody? It totally upends the (American) idea that owners of platforms aren't responsible for content. Pls explain? Can Zuckerberg travel to France now? Or Elon? https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @foxcahn Albert Fox Cahn on x

  This is your periodic reminder the Telegram really is NOT securely encrypted... https://www.nytimes.com/... #telegram

• @paulmozur Paul Mozur on x

  Our profile of Telegram founder Pavel Durov: prolific sperm donor, practiced troll, and possessor of an impressive six pack. His rebellious streak and commitment to a code that privacy trumps moderation made Telegram huge, and put a target on his back. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @matthew_d_green Matthew Green on x

  For years people begged them to roll out even rudimentary default encryption, and they pretty aggressively did not of that. Their response was to move their data centers to various middle eastern countries, and to argue that this made your data safe. Somehow.