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WhatsApp’s “E2E encryption by default” claim is a giant consumer fraud: ~95% of private messages on WhatsApp end up in plain-text backups on Apple/Google servers — not E2E-encrypted. Backup encryption is optional, and few people enable it — let alone use strong passwords.

Even if you encrypt your WhatsApp backups with a strong password, your messages still end up in unencrypted cloud backups — because 90%+ of the people you message haven’t done the same. Add the fact that WhatsApp stores and discloses who you chat with, and the picture is dire.

Apple and Google disclose backed-up WhatsApp messages to third parties thousands of times per year. Meanwhile, Telegram hasn’t disclosed a single byte of users’ messages in its entire 12+ year history.

- Durov Via X

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Pavel Durov’s views on Elon Musk’s upcoming 𝕏Chat messaging app.

I welcome the competition — the world needs secure messaging apps. My problem with apps like WhatsApp is that they make bold claims (like “E2E encrypted by default”) that turn out to be false.

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⚠️ WhatsApp’s “End-to-end encryption by default” claim is a giant consumer fraud.

📖 ~95% of private messages on WhatsApp end up in plain-text backups on Apple/Google servers — not E2E-encrypted. Backup encryption is optional, and few people enable it — let alone use strong passwords.

🔑Even if you encrypt your WhatsApp backups with a strong password, your messages still end up in unencrypted cloud backups — because 90%+ of the people you message haven’t done the same. Add the fact that WhatsApp stores and discloses who you chat with, and the picture is dire.

📤 Apple and Google disclose backed-up WhatsApp messages to third parties thousands of times per year. Meanwhile, Telegram hasn’t disclosed a single byte of users’ messages in its entire 12+ year history 💬

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WhatsApp is E2EE (end-to-end encrypted). We cannot verify this statement as WhatsApp is not open source, but even if it is actually encrypted, your (or your contact’s) backup is unencrypted and uploaded to iCloud or Google Drive.

Durov : True, WhatsApp’s encryption claims are unverifiable since it’s closed source. Meta spends billions on marketing & PR every year, so most “independent media” and “industry experts” conveniently look the other way.

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Thanks for the trust — your nudes are safe with us 🔒

- Durov

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📱 The debate over combining convenience and security in messaging apps is underway. Even WhatsApp has weighed in. One says their compatibility leads to compromises, while the other points this out to the competitor. Which of the two is right?

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😀 Pavel Durov drew attention to a post from a random Telegram channel asking to resolve a problem with likes, and stated that the team has reported the problem and has started to solve it. It is expected that reactions will be able to be deleted by the same senders, and there will also be API support.

👙 Context: whorebots have long been using reactions en masse to engage users, and now (I guess no one will fall for the bait, LMAO) (out of spite) they're only leaving clowns reactions.

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Pavel Durov in чят 17 лет на ютюбе

Проблема со спам-ботами в реакциях понятна. Мы начали работать над ее решением. Скоро можно будет банить пользователя из списка реакций и удалять все его уже проставленные реакции в группе.

То же самое станет доступно автоматизированным ботам-модераторам…

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😀 Earlier this week, Durov also acknowledged the problem with fake votes in Telegram polls, specifically, as Durov points out, regarding voting for which party to support [Единая Россия]. The team is also addressing this issue by adding additional features to polls beyond those available today.

Addition: this is already stated in his official post.

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Действительно, подавляющее большинство голосов за Единую Россию (>90%) в этом опросе добавлено ботами из экзотических стран.

Боты заблокированы, голоса пока не удаляли. Над дополнительными функциями для борьбы с ботами в опросах работа ведется.

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#oldschool 🇧🇾 The old users will understand that such expected restrictions have actually existed for about 6 years. There is an official Belarusian channel from the Telegram team itself, where, in addition to polling subscribers on which presidential candidate to vote for, they also introduced an experimental option (available only to developers once), through which some poll options can only be voted on by Belarusian users. 🗳 In this poll, there is an option that everyone can vote on, while for the others, only those with a +375 phone number attached can vote.

🗳 There is also a second poll with the exact same idea. It concerns the blocking of channels that leak personal data of punishers.

🥺 This is exactly what is mentioned in Durov's comment. This is the function we are waiting for from Telegram.

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Forwarded from Pavel Durov (Pavel Durov)

🗽 Anyone under 25 can win €100,000 for an essay on digital freedoms. The Youth Liberty Prize 2026 supports young thinkers ready to defend freedom from threats like censorship, surveillance, digital IDs and CBDCs.

Stand for freedom and win ✊

Full details: https://www.libertyprize.org/

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www.libertyprize.org

Youth Liberty Prize 2026

Leading young minds globally tackle the problem of digital interventionism through the lens of the Austrian School of Economics

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❗️publish posts with "draft:" as all others. Recently, many channels have adopted an emoji pack that imitates a draft to lure subscribers into opening a channel. This is not for April Fool's Day; it is due to the successful spread of the joke.

👿 However, the original pack [address CHernovik784], once it became clear that it had exploded in popularity, was sold to an account, after which "casino" was added to the pack's name. To be honest, the scheme did not work — not many were lured into gambling, and as soon as large channels found out about it, they immediately panicked and started creating their own copies of the emoji pack.

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TGBeta-12.6.5-66859.apk

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Telegram Android Beta

◾️Version: 12.6.5
◾️Build: 66859

Changelog:

- fixed copying bolded link (https://bugs.telegram.org/c/54026, 27👍)
- fixed clicking gift value button in rtl (https://bugs.telegram.org/c/58282, 3👍)
- fixed absent view in chat button in restricted chats (https://bugs.telegram.org/c/47187, 2👍)
- fixed losing caption on moving caption to the top (https://bugs.telegram.org/c/48042, 1👍)
- fixed timestamp inside caption to replying media (https://bugs.telegram.org/c/60863)

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Member Tags

Group admins can assign tags to users — or embrace the chaos and let them assign their own. 🔥

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My Interview with TLG Interview Channel

I recently participated in an online interview with the channel TLG Interview. If you're interested, feel free to check it out. The channel also features many interesting interviews with various individuals. I would like to thank @sbuffa for this wonderful opportunity.

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⚡️ You can now create agentic bots in just 2 taps

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Ask the devs of the services you use to support it 👇

https://core.telegram.org/bots/features#managed-bots

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Telegram Enhances Call Engine with New tgcalls Update

Telegram has released a new update to its tgcalls (VoIP library), bringing several backend improvements to strengthen voice and video call performance across the platform.

Key Improvements:

⚙️ Enhanced Call Stability
Improved handling of audio and video streams ensures more reliable voice chats and fewer unexpected disruptions.

⚡ Performance Optimization
Internal code refinements help reduce CPU usage and improve efficiency, resulting in smoother call experiences.

🌐 Better Network Handling
Upgraded connection and reconnection logic allows calls to remain stable even on weaker or fluctuating internet connections.

🧪 Bug Fixes & Reliability Improvements
Fixes for edge-case issues in group calls and live streams, improving overall system stability.

🧩 Core Engine Refinements
Updates to the underlying VoIP engine that powers:

- Voice chats

- Group calls

- Live streaming features

This is a backend-focused update, so there are no new features or UI changes. However, users may notice:

- Clearer and more stable voice calls

- Faster call connection times

- Reduced call drops and audio issues

Thanks : 💌💌💌
Source : 💌💌💌

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