The recent arrest of Pável Dúrov (CEO of Telegram) by the French government marked a turning point in the history of the platform. And until recently Telegram It was known as the most secure messaging app on the entire Internet.
However, Durov promised improve content moderation as part of the resolution of his conflict with the French government. And the measures were not long in coming: now Telegram can review your private chats if the Government requests it.
That’s right, your private chats on Telegram aren’t so private anymore. But fortunately, There is a way to know if Telegram is working with your country’s government. And despite you can’t tell if they are spying on your particular accountthis method will be useful for you to know if you need to worry or not.
Next, we explain How to know if the government is monitoring Telegram in your country. This way you can get an idea of the degree of collaboration that the messaging platform has with the authorities in your country.
How to know if the government is monitoring Telegram in your country
Due to the recent change in their privacy policiesthe platform has been launched a bot that tells you if your country’s government has requested information from Telegram of certain users. In particular, this bot will not tell you if the Government is spying on you directly, but you will be able to know how private Telegram remains in your country.
And this bot called Transparency reports It will tell you two things about whether your government is spying on you on Telegram:
- Number of requests for personal information (phone numbers and IP addresses) established by the government of your country.
- Number of affected users (i.e. the number of requests to which Telegram responded by providing the requested information).
Well, for use the bot that tells you if your country’s government is spying on you In Telegram you need to do the following:
- Open Telegram and ve to the Transparency Reports bot (you can use this direct connection or write the name of the bot in the Telegram search engine).
- Once in the bot, press the button Start and then press on Get the report for XXXX (your country name will appear here).
- Finally, you will receive a message with the number of requests for personal information that your country’s government has made to Telegram and the number of affected users.
Can you tell if another country’s government is spying on you? NO, Unfortunately Telegram only provides you with a report from your country. We tried using the VPN to force the bot to give us information from another country and that didn’t work.
And tell us… How much cooperation does Telegram have with your country’s government?
