Arrest of Pavel Durov, charges of terrorism, fraud and child pornography: 'He did not cooperate with the authorities'. He risks 20 years in prison
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On Saturday evening, Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of Telegram, was arrested at Le Bourget airport in Paris. The arrest took place as Durov, accompanied by his
  • essteeyou@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    25 days ago

    So, wading in here with a gut reaction and no nuance, he’s charged with all these crimes because the platform he runs has them being organized between its users?

    Who do we arrest if a crime is organized via phone call on T-Mobile’s network, or via mail?

    Is it a case of cooperation, where Telegram is completely refusing to help, or is it just a case of “encryption bad, privacy bad” from the French government?

    • AnAmericanPotato@programming.devEnglish
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      25 days ago

      Who do we arrest if a crime is organized via phone call on T-Mobile’s network

      I guarantee you, T-Mobile does not hesitate to hand over any and all data they have to the government. And they don’t encrypt shit, as evidenced by their many many data breaches.

      or via mail?

      The postal service is from a different era, and has legal protections I wish online equivalents had. Logically they should. Realistically they probably never will.

  • GodlessCommie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    25 days ago

    The lengths that the military surveillance state will go to in order to invade our invade our privacy. This has nothing to do with terrorism, fraud or child porn, this is 100% him not allowing back doors to his app.