Electronic Frontier FoundationAug 29, 2024
Pavel Durov can’t be held legally responsible for what happens in Telegram users’ E2EE direct chats, EFF’s @evacide told DW News. And arresting a CEO for content moderation practices could threaten millions of users’ free speech and privacy rights. https://youtu.be/NlHGfQyL3BM?feature=shared
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Show threadChiefGyk3DAug 29, 2024

@eff @evacide except it's not just what's in E2EE direct chats. There are so many groups you could join that weren't really that secretive with scams, frauds, and other problematic content. If I recall you can have groups as large as 200K in Telegram.

So yes in so far as End to End Encrypted Chats I agree, but a lot of that content wasn't as private as many would think.

Update: I also think it's worthwhile noting Telegram doesn't encrypt chat by default

Show threadcubeAug 29, 2024
@chiefgyk3d @eff @evacide In fact, he is also being charged for not declaring the encryption algorithm to the French government....
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@cube @chiefgyk3d @eff I cover both of these points in the three appearances I have done on DW in the last three days.
Aug 29, 2024 at 9:48pmWeb
Show threadcubeAug 30, 2024
@evacide @chiefgyk3d @eff I saw the full interview later, the mastodon post answers were a bit unfair, as you expressly made a difference between public groups and secret chats. Thank you for your work at EFF !