Telegram to share more data with authorities
Telegram to share more data with authorities
Swedish Police Calls Crypto Exchanges 'Professional Money Launderers', Polymarket Plans To Raise $50M With Potential Token Round
Following Telegram founder Pavel Durov's arrest in France, Telegram has made major changes to its privacy terms and will share user information to authorities in cases of potential crime.
The data shared with judicial authorities will be users' IP addresses and phone numbers.
Telegram founder said after his arrest that it's not easy to create balance between privacy and security, and earlier this month, Telegram blocked uploads of new media to stop scammers, bots.
About Telegram's privacy: Telegram, unlike Signal or WhatsApp, doesn't end-to-end encrypt by default and users have to manually enable that. Group chats can't be end-to-end encrypted. Telegram can keep metadata for 12 months max.
Pavel Durov himself is out on bail and has been ordered to stay in France during the investigation.
The Telegram-created TON blockchain ecosystem is large and growing.
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