Telegram founder addresses rumours, slams Facebook in new publish

As the brand new WhatsApp insurance policies proceed to place extra customers in query over the app’s future, different communication functions like Signal and Telegram are having fun with an increase within the variety of customers.  Now, Telegram founder Pavel Durov has slammed Facebook over a scarcity of respect for its userbase in a brand new weblog publish.
“I hear Facebook has an entire department devoted to figuring out why Telegram is so popular. Imagine dozens of employees working on just that full-time,” says Durov in his publish. “I am happy to save Facebook tens of millions of dollars and give away our secret for free: respect your users,” he provides.
Durov goes on to say that as Telegram grows nearer to 500 million customers, it has turn out to be a significant competitor for Facebook’s WhatsApp. He accuses Facebook of turning to “covert marketing” since WhatsApp isn’t in a position to compete with Telegram’s high quality and privateness. “Wikipedia editors have recently exposed multiple paid bots adding biased information into the WhatsApp Wikipedia article,” he provides.

Durov additionally speaks about three myths surrounding Telegram within the weblog publish. These revolve across the app not being open-source, being Russian in origin and, and never being encrypted.
Is Telegram open-source or not?
Durov begins with making certain readers that Telegram is, and has been open-source since 2013, including that the app’s encryption and API are documented, and reviewed by safety consultants a number of instances. “Telegram is the only messaging app in the world that has verifiable builds both for iOS and Android” says Durov. “As for WhatsApp, they intentionally obfuscate their code, making it impossible to verify their encryption and privacy,” he provides.
Is Telegram Russian?
Telegram’s Wikipedia web page means that the app was created first in Russia in 2013, earlier than shifting to Germany. While Durov doesn’t touch upon the app’s origin, he mentions that Telegram has no servers and places of work in Russia. He additionally provides that the app was banned in Russia from 2018 to 2020 and continues to be banned in some “authoritarian countries like Iran”. Durov additionally insinuates how supposedly safe apps like WhatsApp have by no means had any points in these areas.
Durov states that Telegram has all the time been encrypted. (Image Source: Reuters)
Is Telegram encrypted?
“Every chat on Telegram has been encrypted since launch. We have Secret Chats that are end-to-end and Cloud Chats that also offer real-time secure and distributed cloud storage,” mentions Durov. “WhatsApp, on the other hand, had zero encryption for a few years, and then adopted an encryption protocol funded by the US Government,” he provides. He additionally slams WhatsApp’s encryption for having “multiple backdoors” and for “reliance on backups”.
Durov concludes by mentioning that Telegram doesn’t spend cash on advertising. We consider that individuals are good sufficient to decide on what’s finest for them. And, judging by the half a billion individuals utilizing Telegram, this perception is justified, he provides.
The way forward for Telegram
Telegram just lately introduced future plans for the app, which embrace monetizing the platform. The app shall be bringing in-app adverts to bigger teams and channels whereas holding personal chats and personal teams ad-free. The app additionally plans to maintain its present feature-set freed from value however is about so as to add on premium, paid options for enterprise and energy customers afterward. Durov additionally talked about within the publish that Telegram will proceed to stay an impartial firm, including that the steps the app is taking will assist hold the corporate going ahead.