Telegram pushed a major upgrade earlier this week, adding blockchain-like encryption for Telegram voice and video calls. The firm also launched several new gesture features and a gift management ...

Telegram's Stars in-app currency is now more useful than ever. Creators can now share content on the messaging platform, and while users pay to see the content using Stars, channels can convert it ...

The criminal charges against Pavel Durov, Telegram’s founder, raised concerns in Silicon Valley about encryption and the app’s approach to privacy and security. By Mike Isaac and Sheera Frenkel Mike ...

Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, has claimed the app would rather pull out of a country than build backdoors into its encryption. The comments come as lawmakers and privacy advocates clash across the ...

Durov stressed that encryption backdoors cannot be limited to law enforcement use and pose serious risks, as they can be exploited by hackers, foreign agents, and other malicious actors. Telegram ...

An interview with Telegram founder Pavel Durov that went viral on social media raised alarm over the messaging platform's security. In a widely spread video on X, Durov informs Tucker Carlson that he ...

All communications on WhatsApp, including text messages, calls and media, are end-to-end encrypted by default, using the highly secure Signal protocol. Telegram allows users to engage in group chats ...

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