Telegram founder says FBI wanted a backdoor in messaging app so they can spy on users.
The U.S. government pushed for the developers of the messaging app Telegram to include a "Backdoor" that would allow them to spy on users, according to the platform's founder, Pavel Durov.
After refusing to comply with demands by Russia to shut down opposition communities on VK, he sold his stake in the platform and left the country and lived several other places while searching for the ideal base for Telegram.
"Whenever I would go to the U.S., I would have two FBI agents greeting me at the airport, asking questions. One time, I was having breakfast at 9 am and the FBI showed up at the house that I was renting," he added.
His experience in the U.S. ultimately led him to decide against setting up a base there, choosing Dubai as Telegram's home instead. "My understanding is that they wanted to establish a relationship to control Telegram better. I understand that they were doing their job. [But] for us, running a privacy-focused social media platform, that probably wasn't the best environment to be in," he noted.
Telegram is especially influential in countries that used to be part of the former Soviet Union.
An internal FBI guide from 2021 showing law enforcement agencies what type of data they can request from the nine most popular messaging apps stated that it is particularly easy to obtain data from Facebook's WhatsApp and Apple's iMessage, as long as they have a subpoena or warrant.
https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-04-22-telegram-founder-fbi-wanted-backdoor-spy.html
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