That is a lot of speculation. If you read the encryption protocol, actual methods being used for encryption are well known. Client is open source and supports reproducible builds. If there is a backdoor, it is in front of our eyes.
> What that list doesn't show is what Telegram does when the FSB knocks. By all means, give your potentially embarassing message content to a hostile nation's intelligence service.
Telegram is in a lot of trouble in operating in Russia. It was blocked for two years. [1]
If they are so co-operative, why pass the opportunity to watch on their own people. Or did they become co-operative after unblock? It seems, that they help on some level [2], but does this threaten to other countries? Hard to say so.
Apple did stop updates for the Telegram. Google and Apple has weak history on compiling Russian requests. Maybe they complie with other countries more, but not Russian.
> What that list doesn't show is what Telegram does when the FSB knocks. By all means, give your potentially embarassing message content to a hostile nation's intelligence service.
Telegram is in a lot of trouble in operating in Russia. It was blocked for two years. [1]
If they are so co-operative, why pass the opportunity to watch on their own people. Or did they become co-operative after unblock? It seems, that they help on some level [2], but does this threaten to other countries? Hard to say so.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocking_Telegram_in_Russia
[2] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/telegram-rus...