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https://restoreprivacy.com/telegram-sharing-user-data/

> the operators of the messenger app Telegram have released user data to the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) in several cases. According to SPIEGEL information, this was data from suspects in the areas of child abuse and terrorism. In the case of violations of other criminal offenses, it is still difficult for German investigators to obtain information from Telegram, according to security circles.

https://threema.ch/en/blog/posts/chat-apps-government-ties-a...

> two popular chat services have accused each other of having undisclosed government ties. According to Signal president Meredith Whittaker, Telegram is not only “notoriously insecure” but also “routinely cooperates with governments behind the scenes.” Telegram founder Pavel Durov, on the other hand, claims that “the US government spent $3 million to build Signal’s encryption” and Signal’s current leaders are “activists used by the US state department for regime change abroad.”



Signal built by the US government? Is there any more actual information on this claim?


Signal's early funding source is public record, https://www.opentech.fund/projects-we-support/supported-proj...

Double Ratchet [1] is also used by WhatsApp (2B+ users) and IETF MLS [2] standard for E2EE group messaging.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Ratchet_Algorithm

[2] https://www.ietf.org/blog/mls-secure-and-usable-end-to-end-e...


The US government likes funding encrypted communication channels because it helps destabilize the kinds of dictators that eavesdrop on dissidents.


and it's useful for tradecraft. I think NSA uses Tor to some degree, for example.


I suspect most Tor exit nodes are controlled by the US government and/or its allied governments. It doesn't make much sense for anybody else to run an exit node because your IP gets banned by much of the internet and you get unwanted visits from law enforcement.


"What kinds of people operate tor exit nodes and why do they do it" is one of those questions that I know I'm not even supposed to admit being curious about, let alone ask, in the company of people who are most capable of accurately answering.


I operate one. The sole aim is to enable the Tor network to exist. I believe in the principle of private communication.


Tor was invented within the US military and was sponsored by the state department.


funded != built ?


I don't understand.

Nothing in this comment is about the US government funding Signal's encryption.


   Click link -> About -> About our funding




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