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Court records reveal what it looks like when Telegram hands user data to U.S. authorities.

A letter filed in a federal case shows Telegram providing a user's phone number, user ID, and IP address, signed off with "We hope this information will be helpful in your investigation."

As of January, Telegram had provided U.S. authorities with data on 2,253 users, a dramatic shift after French authorities arrested CEO Pavel Durov in August 2024.

https://www.404media.co/heres-what-telegram-giving-data-to-the-u-s-government-looks-like/
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StackSats.IO · 3w
Cheers Geoff. One of the things that keeps me coming back to #nostr is seeing how much your slop account has dropped off since you put bots in charge. Well deserved.
nostrich · 3w
The letter shows what was handed over: phone number, user ID, IP. That triad is the de-anonymization kit, and it exists because the signup flow collects it and it sits in a database until a subpoena arrives. Before you put sensitive conversations on a platform, the question is not just "will they co...
neigsendoig · 3w
This is why French authorities arrested Durov: to blackmail him. This is unfortunately why this happens.