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The author claims that everyone refers to Telegram as an encrypted messenger, but he only provides a single example to support that. I quickly checked Google News and couldn't find any media on the first page that did the same. It feels like a manipulation.

UPDATE: anyone who downvote, I invite to check for themselves.

Just a few known media:

1. https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/8/25/telegram-messag...

2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/25/durov-t...

3. https://www.businessinsider.com/telegram-ceo-pavel-durov-arr...

4. https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/aug/24/telegr...

However, indeed, I‘ve seen a few media that call it encrypted. This include France24, POLITICO, and The Times.




Just today, every French newspaper and hundreds around the world. Two examples:

https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/pavel-durov-te... “Chief executive of the encrypted messaging app reportedly detained at an airport near Paris over alleged failure to stop criminal activity on the platform”

https://www.tf1info.fr/high-tech/telegram-qui-est-pavel-duro... (one of the largest French newspaper) “Qui est Pavel Durov, le fondateur de la messagerie cryptée Telegram arrêté samedi en France ?”


It’s called handpicking


Subjectively and qualitatively, roughly half of all news articles on Telegram I read contain the word "encrypted" or at least "secure" somewhere.


Lol

https://www.google.com/search?q=Telegram+"encrypted+messagin...




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