Telegram vs. Unhandled Expression

Matej Kovacic matej.kovacic at owca.info
Wed Feb 26 00:38:27 PST 2014


Hi,

> I have no idea how and where to the Telegram crew "winds" their costs. Nor do 
> I care, as long as the communication is secured even from their own potential 
> meddling.
> 
> So the question is: is it?

Founders of Telegram are also founders of VK, VKontakte, russian
alternative to Facebook.

The question here is, how close ties has VK with FSB, and how close ties
have their founders with FSB?


I have no idea, but below are some articles about this issue:

http://www.ewdn.com/2013/04/12/vkontakte-ru-accused-of-collaborating-with-secret-service/

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130426/03510222844/has-russias-vkontakte-social-network-betrayed-its-users-is-it-under-attack-defending-them.shtml

This is also very interesting:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/kremlin-targets-russian-facebook-clone-vkontakte-a-897487.html

Unfortunately, I do not know a situation in Russia at all, I am just
thinking what *could* be a problem.

Regards,

M.



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