Telegram founder Pavel Durov assured the secure messaging app’s users that their data is still safe and will not be handed over to Russian authorities. The statement came after Telegram announced its new privacy policy, which says that a user’s IP address and phone number...
Apple had reportedly allowed popular encrypted messaging app Telegram to update a day after user complaints began to mount online. CEO Pavel Durov thanked the company and Tim Cook for allowing users to download the latest version of Telegram which is compliant with the new European...
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov recently announced that he will be resisting Russia’s moves against privacy by launching a “digital resistance” where he will be funding pro-privacy tech organizations. Telegram was recently banned in Russia for not giving up private user data to the country’s federal security...
Moscow, Russia — Last Tuesday, a Moscow court fined messaging app Telegram $14,000 (800,000 Russian rubles) for not complying with a government request to grant Russian intelligence FSB access to encrypted chats. The order was sent to Telegram’s London headquarters on July 12. FSB requested an...