Pavel Durov, the CEO of messaging app Telegram, previously said that agents of the U.S. government tried to infiltrate his company to install a backdoor into the software.
Durov was arrested in France on Saturday.
In April Durov told Tucker Carlson that there was an attempt to install a ‘backdoor’ into Telegram. A backdoor is a secret access point into a computer system for third parties to enter through in order to view or edit the secure contents.
“We got too much attention from, you know, the FBI, the security agencies, whenever we came to the U.S.,” Durov said in April during an interview with Tucker Carlson. “So to give you an example, last time I was in the U.S. I brought an engineer that was working for Telegram and there was an attempt to secretly hire my engineer behind my back by cybersecurity officers or agents, whatever they are called.”
Carlson then inquired as to why the agents wished to hire the engineer.
“They were curious to learn which open source libraries are integrated [in] to the Telegram app, you know, the client side,” Durov said. “And they were trying to pursued him to use certain open source tools that he would then integrate into the Telegram code that in my understanding would serve as backdoors.”
Carlson clarified Durov’s claim.
“Would allow the U.S. government to spy on people who use Telegram,” Tucker said.
Durov elaborated.
“The U.S. government, or maybe any other government, because a backdoor is a backdoor regardless of who is using it,” Durov said.
The wish to add a backdoor may come down to the fact that Telegram messages are encrypted.
This may be disputed by some however, as the late John McAfee, a cybersecurity expert, once discussed how encryption only conceals the transmission of data to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks, such as may come from some guy in his mother’s basement with too much time on his hands.
High-level actors, such as the National Security Agency (NSA) have access to device-level backdoors – an effective end-around encryption.
McAfee was likely referencing revelations of former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden who revealed the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) spent a decade hacking into and installing backdoors onto Apple’s iOS devices and other smartphones via app stores through the ‘IRRITANT HORN’ program, as well as the NSA’s ‘ECHELON’ program that spies on internet communications.
More specific to Durov’s statements however, the ‘SENTRY EAGLE’ program by the NSA infiltrates foreign networks to acquire sensitive information by possibly impersonating employees or businessmen. Telegram is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Former NSA head William Binney revealed to Alex Jones in 2019 that the NSA is working with big tech firms to frame people for crimes.
Parallel construction is the term used for when the intelligence agencies break in and plant information on people’s devices.
Alex Jones has been exposing the NSA for decades.
More recently there has been a push to get small businesses to serve as NSA spies.
Intelligence agencies have a long and colored past with installing backdoor spy systems.
Pavel Durov, the CEO of messaging app Telegram, previously said that agents of the U.S. government tried to infiltrate his company to install a backdoor into the software.
Durov was arrested in France on Saturday.
In April Durov told Tucker Carlson that there was an attempt to install a ‘backdoor’ into Telegram. A backdoor is a secret access point into a computer system for third parties to enter through in order to view or edit the secure contents.
“We got too much attention from, you know, the FBI, the security agencies, whenever we came to the U.S.,” Durov said in April during an interview with Tucker Carlson. “So to give you an example, last time I was in the U.S. I brought an engineer that was working for Telegram and there was an attempt to secretly hire my engineer behind my back by cybersecurity officers or agents, whatever they are called.”
Carlson then inquired as to why the agents wished to hire the engineer.
“They were curious to learn which open source libraries are integrated [in] to the Telegram app, you know, the client side,” Durov said. “And they were trying to pursued him to use certain open source tools that he would then integrate into the Telegram code that in my understanding would serve as backdoors.”
Carlson clarified Durov’s claim.
“Would allow the U.S. government to spy on people who use Telegram,” Tucker said.
Durov elaborated.
“The U.S. government, or maybe any other government, because a backdoor is a backdoor regardless of who is using it,” Durov said.
The wish to add a backdoor may come down to the fact that Telegram messages are encrypted.
This may be disputed by some however, as the late John McAfee, a cybersecurity expert, once discussed how encryption only conceals the transmission of data to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks, such as may come from some guy in his mother’s basement with too much time on his hands.
High-level actors, such as the National Security Agency (NSA) have access to device-level backdoors – an effective end-around encryption.
McAfee was likely referencing revelations of former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden who revealed the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) spent a decade hacking into and installing backdoors onto Apple’s iOS devices and other smartphones via app stores through the ‘IRRITANT HORN’ program, as well as the NSA’s ‘ECHELON’ program that spies on internet communications.
More specific to Durov’s statements however, the ‘SENTRY EAGLE’ program by the NSA infiltrates foreign networks to acquire sensitive information by possibly impersonating employees or businessmen. Telegram is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Former NSA head William Binney revealed to Alex Jones in 2019 that the NSA is working with big tech firms to frame people for crimes.
Parallel construction is the term used for when the intelligence agencies break in and plant information on people’s devices.
Alex Jones has been exposing the NSA for decades.
More recently there has been a push to get small businesses to serve as NSA spies.
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