Forwarded from Pavel Durov
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.
I am happy to save Facebook tens of millions of dollars and give away our secret for free: respect your users.
Millions of people are outraged by the latest change in WhatsApp Terms, which now say users must feed all their private data to Facebook’s ad engine [1]. It’s no surprise that the flight of users from WhatsApp to Telegram, already ongoing for a few years, has accelerated.
At about 500 million users and growing, Telegram has become a major problem for the Facebook corporation. Unable to compete with Telegram in quality and privacy, Facebook’s WhatsApp seems to have switched to covert marketing: Wikipedia editors have recently exposed multiple paid bots adding biased information into the WhatsApp Wikipedia article [2].
We have also detected bots which spread inaccurate information about Telegram on social media. Here are the 3 myths they are pushing:
Myth 1. “Telegram’s code is not open-source”. In reality, all Telegram client apps have been open source since 2013 [3]. Our encryption and API are fully documented and have been reviewed by security experts thousands of times. Moreover, Telegram is the only messaging app in the world that has verifiable builds both for iOS and Android [4]. As for WhatsApp, they intentionally obfuscate their code, making it impossible to verify their encryption and privacy.
Myth 2. “Telegram is Russian”. In fact, Telegram has no servers or offices in Russia and was blocked there from 2018 to 2020 [5]. Telegram is still blocked in some authoritarian countries such as Iran, while WhatsApp and other “supposedly secure” apps have never had any issue in these places.
Myth 3. “Telegram is not 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 [6]. WhatsApp, on the other hand, had zero encryption for a few years, and then adopted an encryption protocol funded by the US Government [7]. Even if we assume that the WhatsApp encryption is solid, it’s invalidated via multiple backdoors and reliance on backups [8].
In 2019 alone, Facebook spent almost 10 billion dollars on marketing [9] (I guess this includes paid bots on Wikipedia and other sites).
Unlike Facebook, Telegram doesn't spend any money, let alone billions of dollars, on marketing. We believe that people are smart enough to choose what is best for them. And, judging by the half a billion people using Telegram, this belief is justified.
[1] – WhatsApp Gives Users Ultimatum – Share Data with Facebook or Lose Access
[2] – In December 2020, the Wikipedia article about WhatsApp had the label “This article may have been created or edited in return for undisclosed payments, a violation of Wikipedia's terms of use”. Related investigation is discussed here.
[3] – Telegram Source Code
[4] – Reproducible Builds for Telegram Apps
[5] – On Digital Resistance in Russia
[6] – On Telegram Encryption
[7] – U.S. Government Funded The WhatsApp Encryption
[8] – Why WhatsApp Will Never Be Secure
[9] – Facebook Marketing Spending from 2010 to 2019
I am happy to save Facebook tens of millions of dollars and give away our secret for free: respect your users.
Millions of people are outraged by the latest change in WhatsApp Terms, which now say users must feed all their private data to Facebook’s ad engine [1]. It’s no surprise that the flight of users from WhatsApp to Telegram, already ongoing for a few years, has accelerated.
At about 500 million users and growing, Telegram has become a major problem for the Facebook corporation. Unable to compete with Telegram in quality and privacy, Facebook’s WhatsApp seems to have switched to covert marketing: Wikipedia editors have recently exposed multiple paid bots adding biased information into the WhatsApp Wikipedia article [2].
We have also detected bots which spread inaccurate information about Telegram on social media. Here are the 3 myths they are pushing:
Myth 1. “Telegram’s code is not open-source”. In reality, all Telegram client apps have been open source since 2013 [3]. Our encryption and API are fully documented and have been reviewed by security experts thousands of times. Moreover, Telegram is the only messaging app in the world that has verifiable builds both for iOS and Android [4]. As for WhatsApp, they intentionally obfuscate their code, making it impossible to verify their encryption and privacy.
Myth 2. “Telegram is Russian”. In fact, Telegram has no servers or offices in Russia and was blocked there from 2018 to 2020 [5]. Telegram is still blocked in some authoritarian countries such as Iran, while WhatsApp and other “supposedly secure” apps have never had any issue in these places.
Myth 3. “Telegram is not 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 [6]. WhatsApp, on the other hand, had zero encryption for a few years, and then adopted an encryption protocol funded by the US Government [7]. Even if we assume that the WhatsApp encryption is solid, it’s invalidated via multiple backdoors and reliance on backups [8].
In 2019 alone, Facebook spent almost 10 billion dollars on marketing [9] (I guess this includes paid bots on Wikipedia and other sites).
Unlike Facebook, Telegram doesn't spend any money, let alone billions of dollars, on marketing. We believe that people are smart enough to choose what is best for them. And, judging by the half a billion people using Telegram, this belief is justified.
[1] – WhatsApp Gives Users Ultimatum – Share Data with Facebook or Lose Access
[2] – In December 2020, the Wikipedia article about WhatsApp had the label “This article may have been created or edited in return for undisclosed payments, a violation of Wikipedia's terms of use”. Related investigation is discussed here.
[3] – Telegram Source Code
[4] – Reproducible Builds for Telegram Apps
[5] – On Digital Resistance in Russia
[6] – On Telegram Encryption
[7] – U.S. Government Funded The WhatsApp Encryption
[8] – Why WhatsApp Will Never Be Secure
[9] – Facebook Marketing Spending from 2010 to 2019
A late share, but an incredibly important & tragic one recent regarding the recent death of Dr. Gregory Michael (Florida), that came shortly after he took the covid-19 vaccine.
https://www.facebook.com/648648976/posts/10157817790183977/?d=n
https://www.facebook.com/648648976/posts/10157817790183977/?d=n
In reference to the last post about Dr. Gregory Michael (Florida)
“CDC launches probe after ‘very healthy’ Miami doctor dies 2 weeks after taking Pfizer’s Covid-19 jab”
https://www.rt.com/usa/511993-florida-doctor-dies-vaccine/
“CDC launches probe after ‘very healthy’ Miami doctor dies 2 weeks after taking Pfizer’s Covid-19 jab”
https://www.rt.com/usa/511993-florida-doctor-dies-vaccine/
For whomever is unaware of this upcoming event that will take place during the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering at Davos, Derrick Broze (in collaboration with others) will be presenting:
“The Greater Reset, Activation: January 25th – 29th, 2021
The Greater Reset is the world’s collective response to the World Economic Forum’s Initiative: The Great Reset.
We offer an alternative to the WEF’s top-down, centralized, authoritarian vision. Our desire is to help all people find community and liberty by providing practical steps and knowledge for co-creating a world that respects individual liberty, bodily autonomy, and choice.”
Five Days & Domains:
• 1/25: The Agora
• 1/26: Health & Education
• 1/27: Nature
• 1/28: Technology
• 1/29: Community
From what I’ve seen Derrick say, this will be available for online viewing. To learn more, including details about their keynote speakers, please visit: www.thegreaterreset.org
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“Co-creating a world that respects individual liberty, bodily autonomy, and choice.”
“The Greater Reset, Activation: January 25th – 29th, 2021
The Greater Reset is the world’s collective response to the World Economic Forum’s Initiative: The Great Reset.
We offer an alternative to the WEF’s top-down, centralized, authoritarian vision. Our desire is to help all people find community and liberty by providing practical steps and knowledge for co-creating a world that respects individual liberty, bodily autonomy, and choice.”
Five Days & Domains:
• 1/25: The Agora
• 1/26: Health & Education
• 1/27: Nature
• 1/28: Technology
• 1/29: Community
From what I’ve seen Derrick say, this will be available for online viewing. To learn more, including details about their keynote speakers, please visit: www.thegreaterreset.org
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“Co-creating a world that respects individual liberty, bodily autonomy, and choice.”
Reminder: CA Sen. Richard Pan was recorded at UCLA in 2019 on my LIVE feed lying: “Thank God no child has actually died from a vaccine.”
These criminals should all be behind bars.
These criminals should all be behind bars.
“The 'Great Reset' is about Expanding Government Power and Suppressing Liberty:
January 4, 2021
World Economic Forum Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab has proposed using the overreaction to coronavirus to launch a worldwide ‘Great Reset.’ This Great Reset is about expanding government power and suppressing liberty worldwide.
Schwab envisions an authoritarian system where big business acts as a partner with government. Big business would exercise its government-granted monopoly powers to maximize value for ‘stakeholders,’ instead of shareholders. Stakeholders include the government, international organizations, the business itself, and ‘civil society.’
Of course, government bureaucrats and politicians, together with powerful special interests, will decide who are, and are not, stakeholders...People’s own wishes are not the priority.”
http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2021/january/04/the-great-reset-is-about-expanding-government-power-and-suppressing-liberty
January 4, 2021
World Economic Forum Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab has proposed using the overreaction to coronavirus to launch a worldwide ‘Great Reset.’ This Great Reset is about expanding government power and suppressing liberty worldwide.
Schwab envisions an authoritarian system where big business acts as a partner with government. Big business would exercise its government-granted monopoly powers to maximize value for ‘stakeholders,’ instead of shareholders. Stakeholders include the government, international organizations, the business itself, and ‘civil society.’
Of course, government bureaucrats and politicians, together with powerful special interests, will decide who are, and are not, stakeholders...People’s own wishes are not the priority.”
http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2021/january/04/the-great-reset-is-about-expanding-government-power-and-suppressing-liberty
❗️Horrific reactions to the MODERNA Covid-19 poison injection.
Videos: not for the faint.
Reactions to vaccines like this & WORSE have occurred for decades! Stay away from this poison!☠️
Shawn Skelton received her vaccine: January 4, 2021
https://www.facebook.com/100038260334778/posts/403541337597874/?d=n
https://www.facebook.com/100038260334778/posts/404202127531795/?d=n
Videos: not for the faint.
Reactions to vaccines like this & WORSE have occurred for decades! Stay away from this poison!☠️
Shawn Skelton received her vaccine: January 4, 2021
https://www.facebook.com/100038260334778/posts/403541337597874/?d=n
https://www.facebook.com/100038260334778/posts/404202127531795/?d=n
If you’re not yet familiar with Agenda 21/2030 or the history behind how we got to the current situation we are in, please see this site: https://www.agenda21course.com/lesson-3-wildlands-project/
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Anthony Fauci explains the need to continue wearing a face mask after getting the Covid19 vaccine.
“We’re not sure at this point that the vaccine protects you against getting infected.”🤡
This is & has always been about full control.
“We’re not sure at this point that the vaccine protects you against getting infected.”🤡
This is & has always been about full control.
Blackouts in both Pakistan AND Italy, at The Vatican.
“Pakistan power cut plunges country into darkness”
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55606598
“Massive Blackout in Vatican Following Release of Affidavit Revealing Italian Interference in US Election”
https://welovetrump.com/2021/01/09/massive-blackout-in-vatican-following-release-of-affidavit-revealing-italian-interference-in-us-election/
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Not supporting any political sides or narratives, but simply observing that there is a black out at the Vatican and this is an article that is reflecting that at this time.
“Pakistan power cut plunges country into darkness”
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55606598
“Massive Blackout in Vatican Following Release of Affidavit Revealing Italian Interference in US Election”
https://welovetrump.com/2021/01/09/massive-blackout-in-vatican-following-release-of-affidavit-revealing-italian-interference-in-us-election/
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Not supporting any political sides or narratives, but simply observing that there is a black out at the Vatican and this is an article that is reflecting that at this time.