Telegram messenger's ties to Russia's FSB revealed in new report

https://www.newsweek.com/telegram-messenger-russia-fsb-ties-report-2083491

Somewhat buried source that Newsweek is using: https://istories.media/en/stories/2025/06/10/telegram-fsb/

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jol@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 1y (5 replies)

Click bait. The report is really grasping at straws. It's like saying any company that uses AWS servers is linked to the Israel government.

LWD@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y (4 replies)

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Rose@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Has secretly visited Israel multiple times despite claiming otherwise, with one of the trips followed by Israel unblocking the app.

LWD@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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Rose@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y

The Carlson interview was conducted in English, which Durov spoke pretty fluently.

LWD@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y

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sunzu2@thebrainbin.org · 1 pts · 1y (3 replies)

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LWD@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

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MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Signal's security model is indeed robust - their E2E protocol is open source, independently audited, and uses perfect forward secrecy which telegram's secret chats don't implemnet properly.

sunzu2@thebrainbin.org · 2 pts · 1y

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N3rdBrain@lemmynsfw.com · 0 pts · 1y

90% of the trump supporters I know use telegram for that reason lol