Telegram gave Detailed Information About Its Users with German Authorities
As per the news floating around the internet, it claims that the Telegram game detailed user information to the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA). Privacy campaigners will be outraged by this move, as the business has long claimed that it will secure user data from governments.
According to Der Spiegel, Germany’s premier news outlet, we came to know that the firm has exchanged information on suspected terrorists and child abusers. Furthermore, Telegram stated that data on its users accused of other offences would not be shared with German authorities. However, the decision indicates that Telegram has modified its attitude on data protection, as it previously refused to cooperate with German investigators despite numerous demands and never revealed the identity of its users.
Furthermore, Telegram has confirmed that its cloud chat data is hosted in many data centres across the world. These centres are controlled by a variety of legal organizations from various jurisdictions. The decryption keys are scattered across many parts of the firm, and they are never stored in one location to secure data. As a result, the corporation can only be forced to release or transfer customer data if multiple court orders from different jurisdictions are granted. It cannot be forced to violate user privacy or freedom of expression by a single government or group of governments.
As per the sources, we also came to know that, Telegram was launched in 2013, and its founder Pavel Durov indicated in 2018 that the company’s privacy policy would be revised, with IP addresses and contact numbers being released if the court mandates it. In January, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser indicated that Berlin was considering shutting down Telegram and that officials were working with the EU to control it. The authorities met with Telegram’s top management in February of this year and had a “positive conversation on future collaboration.” After receiving shut down requests from the BKA, Telegram disabled roughly 64 channels in Germany.
