Last Friday Der Spiegel, Germany's largest news site, revealed that operators of the messaging platform handed over personal data to the authorities, despite the app claiming that they have never succumbed to such requests.

Sources told Der Spiegel that data requests were fulfilled on several occasions. German authorities, however, explain that receiving this information was an uphill battle and many other requests have been ignored.

What's more, the transferred data was used to support extreme criminal cases regarding child sex offenses and terrorism, and no other information was passed over.

[...]

Well, unlike messaging apps like WhatsApp, Google, Apple, and Samsung Messenger which consistently use end-to-end encryption (E2EE), Telegram doesn't consistently use the method.

The messaging app does, however, protect all Secret Chats with E2EE, and uses server-client encryption elsewhere. Because of this, Telegram is able to pass sensitive information on to authorities if they deem it appropriate.

[...]

Source: https://tech.co/news/telegram-exposed-user-data

Thanks Doe ..  :angel:

Someone already posted this

Thanks Doe

Nothing new, just don't autistic. Act like every service provider logs and sends information upon requests; because 99% of the time, they do.

(June 8, 2022, 01:59 PM)katy Wrote: Nothing new, just don't autistic. Act like every service provider logs and sends information upon requests; because 99% of the time, they do.

100 agree. Don't trust any of the service provider, most of them will cooperate if requested. Same for vpn and mail services.

if you add "in minecraft" after a message, they can't do shit about it. valuable opsec to remember

(June 8, 2022, 01:52 PM)breach Wrote: Someone already posted this

Oops. You're right, breach, there was earlier coverage of same issue.  I had missed it. I thought the bit about not consistently using e2e was worth highlighting.

(June 8, 2022, 02:33 PM)Dissent Doe Wrote:

(June 8, 2022, 01:52 PM)breach Wrote: Someone already posted this

Oops. You're right, breach, there was earlier coverage of same issue.  I had missed it. I thought the bit about not consistently using e2e was worth highlighting.

only your coffee is worth noting ! i will ..

(June 8, 2022, 01:59 PM)katy Wrote: Nothing new, just don't autistic. Act like every service provider logs and sends information upon requests; because 99% of the time, they do.

Pretty much this all over.