Messages are not fully encrypted by default. That means the company could, in theory, access the content of the messages, or be forced to hand over the data at the request of a government. After fleeing Russia, the brothers founded Telegram as a way to communicate outside the Kremlin's orbit. They now run it from Dubai, and Pavel Durov says it has more than 500 million monthly active users. Founder Pavel Durov says tech is meant to set you free Telegram Messenger Blocks Navalny Bot During Russian Election "He has kind of an old-school cyber-libertarian world view where technology is there to set you free," Maréchal said.
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