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Sep 2024
27m 50s

The Telegram case: Privacy vs security

Financial Times
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What are the limits of privacy when it comes to our online lives? If authorities are investigating a crime, should they be able to access private messages sent between two individuals? In this episode of Tech Tonic, John Thornhill interviews Eva Galperin, director of cybersecurity at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which campaigns for the right to digital privacy. After the detention of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov for failing to cooperate with French authorities, they discuss encryption technology and what sort of messaging data companies do share with governments.


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How France embraced Telegram’s Pavel Durov – before turning on him


Pavel Durov, Telegram’s self-mythologising founder


How Telegram chief Pavel Durov miscalculated on moderation


Emmanuel Macron hits back at claims Telegram chief’s arrest is political


The Durov case is not about free speech


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com



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