Gregory's ServerThe Telegram CEO has been arrested. They have hardly any staff so interested to see how this plays out. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/telegram-messaging-app-ceo-pavel-durov-arrested-france-tf1-tv-says-2024-08-24/
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@smeg @GossiTheDog OH THERE WAS WORSE THAN THAT I never stop hearing about Telegram groups exchanging illegal and disgusting content since I knew about the app in 2021. @NullTheFool @smeg @GossiTheDog Are we really expecting every data exchange mechanism to be spyable? @reeter @NullTheFool @smeg Telegram chats aren’t encrypted, unless using the secret chat feature (which almost nobody uses). People use the group channels, which are just regular plain text.  @GossiTheDog oof I don't really like that. I'm using telegram quite extensively (the messenger part, not the groups part)  @Natanox @GossiTheDog well yeah, good luck getting my retired parents on yet another messenger, I'm actually happy I got them off WhatsApp -.- @DJGummikuh @GossiTheDog I know the problem. Should Telegram go down the drain they'll have to swap anyway.  @DJGummikuh @Natanox @GossiTheDog isn't that conflicting? If they have to, they must, its not like they can just keep using it @QuadRadical @Natanox @GossiTheDog you have obviously not had to deal with old people before. They would just fall back on SMS or not using any text technology and start calling us in every occasion (which at least in my case they manage to almost always time perfectly with me being in meetings xD) @DJGummikuh I wonder how the jurisdiction works, since I imagine Telegram doesn't have offices in the EU? Also curious about what law they could be using to charge him. I imagine it's not, "law enforcement mad" 😂  @alphy @GossiTheDog they don’t charge Telegram. It’s no war against encryption. Telegram channels are totally available for moderation. They nothing more than Facebook groups. Ah, that makes sense. So something akin to obstruction of justice or contempt for defying a subpoena, court order, etc. Guess we'll see how willing they are to go after someone with nearly unlimited financial resources. Even more surprised that he would land in France! Especially since he knew about the warrant for his arrest.  @Etic @GossiTheDog  @GossiTheDog they said they have a contingency plan for durovs arrest so they said it shouldn't impact the company operations @GossiTheDog Spicy times. The propaganda networks are running out of places to hide. I'm picturing Bannon seething and punching his cell walls. Good shit. Discord next pls.  @GossiTheDog France's OFMIN, an agency tasked with preventing violence against minors, had issued an arrest warrant for Durov as the coordinating agency in a preliminary investigation into alleged offences including fraud, drug trafficking, cyberbullying, organized crime and promotion of terrorism,  @GossiTheDog I'm surprised they were arrested for not complying with police stuff. Isn't Telegram supposed to be really into sharing all it can with police, even though ironically it's the worst about drug dealing scams, gore spam, & other horrible stuff? @GossiTheDog I first saw a message from a DDoS botnet service on there announcing they were “temporarily suspending sales in case Telegram’s database got seized” before seeing the news of the arrest 🙃  Might depend on who has authority to pay outstanding bills and invoices? If they can't do than then things might grind to a halt fairly quickly 🫤🤷♂️  "the investigation was focused on a lack of moderators on Telegram" If I were a billionaire with a private jet, owner of a notorious social media platform and the initials E.M. I would take notice.  @GossiTheDog He has dual citizenship - so being arrested by the French may be safer than being targeted by the FSB |
@GossiTheDog literally everything I see in every channel is scams. If you told me there was CP channels, I would believe it