Just days after Russia invaded Ukraine, Durov wrote that Telegram was "increasingly becoming a source of unverified information," and he worried about the app being used to "incite ethnic hatred." The perpetrators use various names to carry out the investment scams. They may also impersonate or clone licensed capital market intermediaries by using the names, logos, credentials, websites and other details of the legitimate entities to promote the illegal schemes. Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images Founder Pavel Durov says tech is meant to set you free But because group chats and the channel features are not end-to-end encrypted, Galperin said user privacy is potentially under threat.
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