Telegram might be an unencrypted treasure trove of data and Pavel Durov might just be a geopolitical pawn

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Telegram might be an unencrypted treasure trove of data and Pavel Durov might just be a geopolitical pawn

The following is a guest post by Kadan Stadelmann, CTO of Komodo Blockchain. Pavel Durov, the CEO of Telegram, was arrested this week after a four-day interrogation related–publicly at least–to the existence of illegal activity on his app, including child pornography. The ensuing media frenzy painted Telegram as an almost esoteric, privacy-centered app, which is not true. The coverage has given the world a false impression of what Telegram is an…