Pavel Durov

If Pavel Durov really believed in the free exchange of information, Telegram wouldn’t exist

Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, recently tweeted a long post that complains about “What was once the promise of the free exchange of information is being turned into the ultimate tool of control.”  He’s referring to the internet as a whole but may not realize the hypocrisy of his statements. A number of countries are starting to implement laws enforcing privacy violating technologies such as digital IDs (UK), online age checks (Australia), and mass scanning …

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The Messaging Mess: Why it’s stupid to use non-standard electronic messaging protocols

“Too Long Didn’t Read” Summary: Managing too many messaging apps can cause cognitive overload and contribute to cognitive decline or burn-out. It’s smarter to focus on the one publicly democratic system that works with everything everywhere there’s internet, is completely open for you to control/customize on your own within the largest messaging ecosystem on the planet, and is already built into 99% of the electronic devices in use by 100% of the humans on the …

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