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Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has issued a strong warning against rising legislative pressures in France and the European Union to implement encryption backdoors in private messaging apps. In a April 21 Telegram post, Durov emphasized that Telegram would rather withdraw from these markets than comply with laws that would compromise digital privacy.
“We Don’t Trade Privacy for Market Share”
“Telegram would rather exit a market than undermine encryption with backdoors,” Durov wrote.
He stressed: “Unlike some competitors, we don’t trade privacy for market share.”
Encryption Backdoors Are Security Threats
Durov warned that backdoors can be abused by bad actors — not just law enforcement.
“It’s technically impossible to guarantee that only the police can access a backdoor,” he stated.
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Moreover, such regulations would fail to deter criminal activity, as users would simply move to lesser-known apps and VPNs to remain anonymous.
No Private Messages Ever Disclosed
Durov highlighted that while Telegram may comply with court orders for IP addresses and phone numbers of criminal suspects, it has never disclosed a single private message in its 12-year history.
Despite France rejecting a proposal for hidden access to private messages in March, Durov said “the battle is far from over.”
He pointed to the EU’s “ProtectEU” initiative, which seeks to build technological means for law enforcement to access private data by 2026 — a proposal that privacy advocates claim violates cybersecurity principles.
Durov concluded: “No country is immune to the slow erosion of freedoms. Every day, those freedoms come under attack — and every day, we must defend them.”
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