The management of the Telegram messenger, including founder Pavel Durov, has repeatedly insisted that
privacy of any user’s correspondenceis the highest priority. The project's FAQ mentions that Telegram has shared 0 bytes of user data with third parties, including national governments. However, the authoritative German publication Der Spiegel claims that this is not so. Telegram reportedly complied with a number of data requests from the German Federal Criminal Police Office. In particular, she was given data from users suspected of child abuse and terrorism. On the other hand, it is noted that it was difficult for German investigators to obtain data from Telegram on other criminal offenses.
It should be noted that in 2018 the founderTelegram Pavel Durov announced a revision of its privacy policy, which from that moment allows the disclosure of IP addresses and phone numbers by court order. However “to date this has not yet happened” – is approved in the relevant section. Durov and the Telegram communications department left unanswered a request from Der Spiegel journalists about a fresh discovery.
© Vladimir Kovalev.
According to spiegel.de