Cameron Wood

@cewood.bsky.social

Talkative introvert. Systems & Software engineer. Open-source advocate. Technology enthusiast. Problem solver. Travel aficionado. Amateur photographer. https://mastodon.social/@cewood

Investigation by IStories shows #Telegram uses a single, FSB linked company as infrastructure provider globally. Telegram's MTProto protocol requires a *cleartext* identifier to be prepended to all client-server messages. Combined, these two choices by Telegram make it into a #surveillance tool.

Telegram, the FSB, and the Man in the Middle

The technical infrastructure that underpins Telegram is controlled by a man whose companies have collaborated with Russian intelligence services.

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