Telegram, wait...what?

"Telegram, with nearly a billion users, is known for its focus on privacy and encryption, features that have made it popular but also controversial." Yahoo or Google News.

I never heard of this.

But if privacy and encryption are the two best features, I think it will be used for illegal things,

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dirge

It's probably always used for illegal things, but where some people live, just criticism of their government may be illegal.

The difficult part is that the same tools that let journalists exfiltrate info about genocides can be used to relay abusive images. Or setup drug deals. Or coordinate riots.

It all turns into a mess quickly.