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> Note: all that is in a flux now. Personally I trust Telegram less now as it seems the same exceptions the French has made for themselves can also be used by russia or any other terrorist regime.

What made you believe that Russia hasn't had a firehose into Telegram's backend for the longest time?

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For one the fact that Ukraine used it for a long time and Russia even back before Ukraine told people to shun Telegram for work didn't seem to have very good intelligence.

Also because I see over time how hopelessly incompetent Russian authorities are.

Also (but this is more shaky, I never verified) because supposedly a good number of Telegram employees are Ukrainian.

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