privacy
Keeping what people say to each other between them: end-to-end encryption, backdoors, and what a company will shut down rather than break.
FilterEveryone, all time
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Balaji Srinivasan quoted
Our readingStrong encryption limits what governments can do in ways that legislation cannot.
Their wordsEncryption thus limits governments in a way no legislation can.
↗The Network Statethenetworkstate.com 2nd of 25 in this piece
- 4 months earlier
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Craig Mod quoted
Our readingControl over your own data, and over how you view and engage with it, will be non-negotiable
Their wordsWhy would we lock ourselves into someone else's proprietary binary? Control over our data, and control over how we view and engage with it, feels like it will be utterly non-negotiable going forward.
- 5 months earlier
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Pavel Durov quoted
Their wordsNo, never. Telegram has never shared a single private message with anyone, including governments and intelligence services. If you try to access any server in any of the data center locations, it's all encrypted.
↗Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power & Human Nature | Lex Fridman Podcast #482youtube.com 10th of 28 in this recording
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Pavel Durov quoted
Their wordsNo. We designed a system in a way that's impossible. It'll require us to change the system and we won't do that because we made a promise to our users. We would rather shut Telegram down in a certain country than do that.
↗Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power & Human Nature | Lex Fridman Podcast #482youtube.com 11th of 28 in this recording
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Pavel Durov quoted
Our readingThe right to privacy is fundamental; without it people cannot feel fully free and protected.
Their wordsI think it's fundamental. Without the right to privacy, people can't feel fully free and protected.
↗Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power & Human Nature | Lex Fridman Podcast #482youtube.com 12th of 28 in this recording
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Pavel Durov quoted
Our readingTelegram's Secret Chats are the most secure means of communication today.
Their wordsAt the same time, if you were really paranoid, you think, I don't want to be screenshotted, I don't want to have any leaks, I don't even trust Telegram, I only trust code. Secret Chats are the best option. I believe is the most secure means of communication today.
↗Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power & Human Nature | Lex Fridman Podcast #482youtube.com 19th of 28 in this recording
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Pavel Durov quoted
Their wordsYou need reproducible builds in order to verify that the app really does what it claims, really encrypts data in a way that it is described on its website. For that you need to make your apps open source for any researchers to have a look at it.
↗Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power & Human Nature | Lex Fridman Podcast #482youtube.com 20th of 28 in this recording
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Pavel Durov quoted
Their wordsSo premium is one source of our revenue. We also have ads, but they're context-based, not targeted. Of course, we leave probably 80% of value on the table because we're not ready to engage in all this practices, exploiting personal data.
↗Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power & Human Nature | Lex Fridman Podcast #482youtube.com 22nd of 28 in this recording