Telegram pledges to exit the market rather than "undermine encryption with backdoors"

Technology behind private messaging app Telegram names Maximilian Crown new CEO

The company behind Telegram will name Maximilian Crown as its new CEO Thursday, NYNext has learned. The move both steadies the ship for the encrypted messaging app's one billion users -- after its founder and CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in Paris last year as part of what was seen as a free speech crackdown -- and suggests Telegram's plans to expand into a multi-purpose app are imminent, sources told NYNext.

The founder and CEO of Telegram, Pavel Durov, accused French authorities of requiring a backdoor to access user messages and information. Since his arrest in August last year, the...

Telegram pledges to exit the market rather than "undermine encryption with backdoors"

Telegram's CEO, Pavel Durov, reacts to the widespread push for creating encryption backdoors, reaffirming the company's commitment to users' privacy and security.

Telegram to leave France if it is forced to provide backdoor access

‘Once introduced, a backdoor can be exploited by other parties — from foreign agents to hackers. As a result, the private messages of all law-abiding citizens can get compromised,’ writes CEO - Anadolu Ajansı

Telegram CEO Pável Dúrov warned that the app will leave France and other European countries if laws are passed that require access to encrypted messages. Telegram, he said, prefers to leave a market rather than betray the right to privacy and the principles of encryption. Dúrov criticized the insistence of authorities such as the European Commission and the Paris Police Prefect to implement back doors, a measure that, according to him, would put…

Pavel Durov threatens to remove Telegram from France if the authorities and legislators do not stop the attacks on encryption: "the stolen doors violate fundamental human rights"The French National Assembly rejected in March a law to require encrypted courier services to install stolen doors in their applications. However, the supporters of the law do not admit themselves defeated. A few days ago, the Paris police commissioner again...