Telegram's Pavel Durov is wrong about Signal — and has been for years

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Telegram's Pavel Durov is wrong about Signal — and has been for years
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Considering Telegram doesn't even offer end-to-end encryption by default, founder Pavel Durov has a lot to say about his messaging app's competitor.

Considering Telegram doesn't even offer end-to-end encryption by default, founder Pavel Durov has a lot to say about his messaging app's competitor.on blast this month, arguing in a May 8 post that its privacy mechanisms amounted to a “circus trick.” His commentary was purpose-built to undermine the rival messaging app, but Durov’s history with Signal and Telegram's own privacy credentials make it hard to take his comments seriously.

Signal Foundation President Meredith Whittaker addressed the controversy involving Maher in a May 8 post on X. Source: X In the same conversation, Carlson claimed the NSA managed to obtain and Signal messages related to his efforts to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin and subsequently leak them to the media. This may have planted the original seed of doubt, and it certainly feels like the precursor to the latest controversy.

But none of this will stop Durov from amplifying people's doubts about Signal to give Telegram a leg-up. Further conflict is likely. Not only is the client and server code open source, you can verify the open source code is what's actually running on the network — you can join and run it yourself. Session does what it says on the box, no trust required whatsoever.

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