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Episode: Viva Frei: Telegram CEO Arrest & Trump’s Attempted Assassin Are Being Used As Weapons In War Against Encrypted Apps & Privacy
Description: Telegram is not a fully safe or anonymous communications app, but its easy-to-use privacy features have attracted whistleblowers and dissidents from around the world – along with criminals, traffickers, and terrorists. After the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in France, many freedom fighters who use the app are now especially concerned about Telegram’s lack of open-source security or default end-to-end encryption, and how the company might respond when its billionaire leader is threatened by powerful governments who demand access to its keys.Attorney Viva Frei asks: could Telegram be used as a cudgel in the war again...