{"id":127614,"date":"2025-04-21T13:19:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T13:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=127614"},"modified":"2025-04-21T13:19:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T13:19:52","slug":"pavel-durov-says-telegram-would-exit-markets-before-betraying-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=127614","title":{"rendered":"Pavel Durov says Telegram would exit markets before betraying users"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsTelegram CEO Pavel Durov expressed concerns over a growing threat to private messaging in France and other European Union countries, warning that Telegram would rather exit certain markets than implement encryption backdoors that undermine user privacy.
\nIn an April 21 post to his \u201cDu Rove\u2019s channel\u201d on Telegram, he\u00a0posted\u00a0a message about the EU\u2019s increasing efforts to weaken messaging encryption by adding backdoors, a method that would allow authorities to bypass encryption and access private user data.
\nDurov cited initiatives from French and EU lawmakers to require messaging apps like Telegram to implement backdoors for police access and stressed Telegram\u2019s commitment to digital privacy.
\n\u201cTelegram would rather exit a market than undermine encryption with backdoors and violate basic human rights,\u201d Durov stated, adding: \u201cUnlike some of our competitors, we don\u2019t trade privacy for market share.\u201d
\nBackdoors can be exploited by criminals
\nIn his message, Durov highlighted that the biggest problem behind encryption backdoors lies in their accessibility not only by authorities but also by hackers and foreign agents.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s technically impossible to guarantee that only the police can access a backdoor,\u201d Durov said, adding that backdoors would put users\u2019 private messages at risk of being compromised.
\nHe added that criminals would likely turn to lesser-known apps and use virtual private networks (VPNs) to avoid detection, rendering such regulations ineffective.
\nTelegram \u201cnever disclosed a single byte\u201d of private messages
\nDurov said that while Telegram complies with valid court orders in some jurisdictions, such as disclosing IP addresses and phone numbers found to be involved in criminal activity,\u00a0it has never exposed any private messages:
\n\u201cIn its 12-year history, Telegram has never disclosed a single byte of private messages. In accordance with the EU Digital Services Act, if provided with a valid court order, Telegram would only disclose the IP addresses and phone numbers of criminal suspects \u2014 not messages.\u201d
\nHe urged privacy advocates to keep communicating with lawmakers and promote encryption as a protection tool of privacy and safety for ordinary people, rather than see it as a criminal tool. \u201cLosing that protection would be tragic,\u201d Durov said.
\n\u201cThe battle is far from over\u201d
\nAlthough the French National Assembly rejected a proposal to allow hidden access to private messages in March, Durov said the EU\u2019s war on digital privacy is far from over.
\nDurov cited the European Commission\u2019s \u201cProtectEU\u201d proposal from early April. The proposal aims to find \u201ctechnological solutions to enable lawful access to data by law enforcement authorities in 2026.\u201d
\nAn excerpt from the EC\u2019s ProtectEU proposal. Source: EUThe proposal has been heavily criticized by digital privacy advocates and some European lawmakers, with Finnish MEP Aura Salla suggesting that introducing encryption backdoors \u201cfundamentally undermines the very cybersecurity principles ProtectEU aims to uphold.\u201d
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\n\u201cNo country is immune to the slow erosion of freedoms. Every day, those freedoms come under attack \u2014 and every day, we must defend them,\u201d Durov concluded.
\nDurov\u2019s warning about threats to privacy and freedom in the EU comes amid an ongoing legal case in France against the Telegram CEO involving allegations of facilitating a platform that enables illicit transactions.
\nAccording to French prosecutors, Durov faces up to 10 years of prison time in addition to a $550,000 fine if convicted.
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