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    1. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 30 Dec 2017

      Many don't seem to understand why I object to @Telegram having unsafe, censorable public channels in an app that is promoted as a secure messenger. Some presumed I just don't understand how channels work. So let's talk about it:

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    2. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 30 Dec 2017

      Background: @Telegram has a special position in Iran. Its "public channels" are an important source of news for many low-tech users. Competing services are often blocked, but Telegram makes concessions to avoid this (like setting up local CDNs https://www.iranhumanrights.org/2017/07/telegrams-efforts-to-increase-download-speed-in-iran-could-aid-state-censors/ … ).

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    3. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 30 Dec 2017

      This is both a good and bad thing. On one hand, keeping people who don't understand and will never learn what Tor and VPNs connected to a big and difficult-to-moderate communications ecosystem is valuable, when the government largely has but two moves: "block" or "not block."

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    4. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 30 Dec 2017

      On the other, it means @Telegram will face increasing pressure over time to collaborate with the Iranian government's demands for this or that. Today we saw the communications minister demand a big channel be shut down. And here's where we start getting into complexity.

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    5. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 30 Dec 2017

      Should Telegram shut one Iranian channel down to preserve access to all the others? Most would say "of course." It's more important to keep that tether to their ecosystem alive, right? They're in something close to a monopoly position, where the fallback for many is unsafe SMS.

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    6. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 30 Dec 2017

      If we presume @Durov is acting morally, this might sound like an argument for Telegram to do whatever they can to keep their Iranian presence alive. But this is unsustainable, which he should know: after all, he was forced from Russia for not doing enough favors at Vkontakte.

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    7. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 30 Dec 2017

      You can't keep an independent, destabilizing service from being blocked in authoritarian regimes, you can only delay it. So you need to be thinking about how to continuing protecting people by making the service accessible *even after the block.*

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    8. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 30 Dec 2017

      And this is where we start getting to my core concerns. @Telegram has for years faced criticisms about the basic structure of its security by prominent cryptographers and technologists. Many defenses rely upon unbroken trust in a central authority (the company). "Trust us."

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    9. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 30 Dec 2017

      Trust us not to turn over data. Trust us not to read your messages. Trust us not to close your channel. Maybe @Durov is an angel. I hope so! But angels have fallen before. Telegram should have been working to make channels decentralized—meaning outside their control—for years.

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    10. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 30 Dec 2017

      We've seen some improvements, and that's not nothing. But not the revolutionary rework it needs. Telegram still seems to encourage dangerous cloud messaging instead of secret chats. Experts ask "why?" And the answer is "convenience." That's unsafe.

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      Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 30 Dec 2017

      Governments are becoming more abusive, not less, on the internet, especially in places like Iran, China, and Russia. @Durov said @Telegram has 25,000,000 daily users in Iran. He could be converting them all to 2FA. He could be teaching them how to use Tor bridges. I hope he will.

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        1. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 30 Dec 2017

          Governments learn slowly, but they do learn. There comes a day when it will be too late to fix these problems, and I fear it is sooner than we think.

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        1. Fedor Skuratov‏ @teodorix 30 Dec 2017
          Replying to @Snowden @durov @telegram

          Don't you think that it will be wiser to teach people how to be less agressive instead of locking them in "pseudo-secure isolated network"? And don't you think that people should at least try to avoid of creating the critical problems for the communication platform they use?

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        1. Hidden Pop‏ @thenewcryptoera 30 Dec 2017
          Replying to @Snowden @durov @telegram

          And that's when the decentralized tor network and crypto tech come to one. @vTorrentCrypto. Freedom of sharing.

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        2. Mick Hagen‏Verified account @mickhagen 30 Dec 2017
          Replying to @Snowden @durov @telegram

          I think you’ll like @MainframeApp. Decentralized. Censorship-resistant. Dark routing. Newly released pre-alpha:https://blog.mainframe.com/mainframe-pre-alpha-release-fca532317111 …

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        1. Fatal Fantasy‏ @FatalFantacy 30 Dec 2017
          Replying to @Snowden @durov @telegram

          he is an a-hole .. he blocked channels that helped ppl know whats really going on in iran . channels with about 2M followers. he tries to guide and parent ppl. we know whats good for us. we dont need him to tell us molotov cocktails are good or bad

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        1. X Soviet‏ @XSovietNews 30 Dec 2017
          Replying to @Snowden @durov @telegram

          So you're helping Russian protesters?

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        2. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)‏ @schestowitz 30 Dec 2017
          Replying to @Snowden @durov @telegram

          If that happens, Iran will ban the network or make it a crime to have "possession" of the software. More likely the latter, based on stop and search etc.

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        3. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)‏ @schestowitz 30 Dec 2017
          Replying to @schestowitz @Snowden and

          Russia is already imprisoning people over Tor (even a maths academic who merely facilitated access) China is jailing people for VPN. Happened shortly after the ban had been announced.

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        4. Alex Ponomar‏ @ponomar 30 Dec 2017
          Replying to @schestowitz @Snowden and

          What are you talking about, who was imprisoned in Russia because of Tor?

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        5. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)‏ @schestowitz 30 Dec 2017
          Replying to @ponomar @Snowden and

          https://meduza.io/en/feature/2017/04/10/mathematics-teacher-accused-of-inciting-mass-riots-now-also-accused-of-supporting-terrorism-and-once-again-detained …

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        6. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)‏ @schestowitz 30 Dec 2017
          Replying to @schestowitz @ponomar and

          Long story short, he operated a Tor node. Someone using the node posted a Kanye West video, so the operator got arrested.

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        1. Behnam Rezai J.‏ @berejah 31 Dec 2017
          Replying to @Snowden @hdagres and

          Free humans duty is to help others to become free. #IranProtests #FreeIran

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        1. brian g‏ @bodhibrian 30 Dec 2017
          Replying to @Snowden @durov @telegram

          Iran China russia ? Why target these 3 which just happen. To be in US hit list @Partisangirl @NinaByzantina @Malinka1102 @NeilClark66

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        1. José Vargas‏ @vargasjoses 30 Dec 2017
          Replying to @Snowden @durov @telegram

          Gob are abusive in EEUU, Argentina, Brazil,Mexico, Perú & Chile too, Edward. Always looking far away from home to see trouble. Looks like your united state's breading is kicking off here. Although I agree with you on the @telegram case of convenience vs core believes

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        1. MO‏ @mj_mohsen 30 Dec 2017
          Replying to @Snowden @durov @telegram

          Let's hope @durov is not selling data to the Iranian officials already.

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        1. Dᴏᴡʟᴘʜᴡɪɴ‏ @Dowlphin 30 Dec 2017
          Replying to @Snowden @durov @telegram

          Still being on the exceptionalist regime change agenda, huh? Still a creature of your upbringing. 'Your' country wields by far the most power of sowing fear in the world. Don't treat reactions to that like it's the start of the chain, like it's happening in a vacuum. Symptoms.

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        1. António Martins‏ @NilAndNull 31 Dec 2017
          Replying to @Snowden @durov @telegram

          Look, it’s hard to have a global messenger service in Russia. Iran gov is very friendly of Russia gov. If Telegram pisses off Putin, he orders the FSB to give Durov an “accident” on the shower or something... Keeping low profile it’s the best way of keeping the service...

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        1. brian g‏ @bodhibrian 30 Dec 2017
          Replying to @Snowden @durov @telegram

          Telegram shut down channel that was calling for violent protests in Iranhttps://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.recode.net/platform/amp/2017/12/30/16833542/telegram-iran-demostrations-messaging-protests-pavel-durov …

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        1. Matias Rob‏ @matinexus7 30 Dec 2017
          Replying to @Snowden @durov @telegram

          Ed, you need to take a look at the real new and uncensorable web, $SHIFT dont miss it,

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