Telegram claims that it has no ties with Russia. However, the certificate for the Android app was issued by VK, a Russian social network that has close relations with Russian intelligence agencies: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/3c20ca0f5c1557578394d4da71e385818be9cc4021b60c55d96ff621766a9f6a/details
In 2016, Nikolay Kudashov, the developer of Telegram Android app, gave an interview to another Russian company, Yandex: https://vk.com/wall-90767168_65714 (ru)
Strange for a company that has no ties to Russia, isn’t it?
When someone says: "I'm not of interest to hackers, they won't try to hack me," I show these screenshots from one of my temporary servers. Every day hundreds of servers tried to hack it. It was not directly associated with any site, and its IP address was not published anywhere.
No, dear friend. Hackers try to hack _everyone_ indiscriminately. Therefore, it is necessary to protect your data.