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Here's what telegram's founder say about Whatsapp's privacy (graph.org)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by clot27@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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This is an article written by telegram's founder and CEO Pavel Durov in 2019 on "Why whatsapp will never be secure". Your thoughts?

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[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

if its that easy to breach why govt’s keep banning telegram for not giving them userdata

Same reason they ask Apple for backdoors even though they crack iPhones routinely. It's about legal precedent.

[–] clot27@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago

They dont ban apple tho