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   Anton Shepelev to All   
   Re: Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Arreste   
   27 Aug 24 16:14:51   
   
   From: anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com   
      
   D:   
      
   > why would anyone, military or otherwise, use open   
   > channels, public social media for example, to communicate   
   > top-secret/sensitive data,   
      
   Telegram's point-to-point chats are not so open, and the   
   Russian military have no secure messenger of their own.   
      
   > entrusting corporate criminals with encryption? ...pigs   
   > have wings   
      
   So far as I know, Durov has not (yet) revealed the Telegram   
   encyrption keys to the enemies of Russia, so why would he be   
   a crimial?   
      
   > as a casual user of remailers for posting to newsgroups,   
   > "privacy" is a simple matter, because none of the plain   
   > text content posted to these unmoderated newsgroup forums   
   > requires decryption to read;   
      
   Where is the privacy, then? Usenet is for public discussions.   
      
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