# Telegram, the FSB, and the Man in the Middle

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/telegram-the-fsb-and-the-man-in-the-middle/28229
**Category:** News
**Tags:** article
**Created:** 2025-06-10T12:03:31Z
**Posts:** 3

## Post 1 by @hakavlad — 2025-06-10T12:03:31Z

Telegram, the wildly popular chat and messaging app, is the pride of the Russian IT industry. According to Pavel Durov, the enigmatic entrepreneur who created the service twelve years ago, it now has over a billion monthly active users around the world.

Among the reasons for this success is Telegram’s reputation for security, coupled with Durov’s image as a free speech champion who has defied multiple governments.

“Unlike some of our competitors, we don’t trade privacy for market share,” he [wrote this April](https://t.me/durov/410). “In its 12-year history, Telegram has never disclosed a single byte of private messages.”

But IStories’ new investigation reveals a critical vulnerability.

> **[Telegram, the FSB, and the Man in the Middle](https://istories.media/en/stories/2025/06/10/telegram-fsb/)**
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> The technical infrastructure that underpins Telegram is controlled by a man whose companies have collaborated with Russian intelligence services. An investigation by IStories

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## Post 2 by @Blackbird — 2025-06-10T12:58:35Z

What a surprise!

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## Post 3 by @JohnDose — 2025-06-10T13:48:51Z

> [@hakavlad](#):
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> has never disclosed a single byte

Of course, because they disclosed all the chats in printed paper! How clever😂