court records surfaced by 404 Media show what Telegram handed US authorities in one case: a user's phone number, user ID, and IP address with a timestamp.
it followed a court order.
by January, Telegram had shared data on 2253 users with US authorities. before Durov's 2024 arrest, it barely ever did.
...
you can’t hide your phone number from Telegram, but what you write can be unreadable to them, regardless of policy changes.
#privacy #Telegram #metadata #encryption
https://www.404media.co/heres-what-telegram-giving-data-to-the-u-s-government-looks-like/
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