Posts with tag Pavel Durov

TELEGRAM SERVICE BLOCKED IN IRAN

TELEGRAM WANTS TO SAVE ITS REPUTATION

Russian-rooted Telegram service seems to be tired of all recent accusations to do with the ISIS. Recently, there have been plenty of reports saying that Telegram has become a ‘hot new thing among jihadists’. The messaging app uses an encryption system, so all correspondences are secured. This provides ISIS fighters with opportunities of communication when…

TELEGRAM AND TERRORISTS. TELEGRAM MIGHT BE BANNED IN RUSSIA

TELEGRAM AND TERRORISTS. TELEGRAM MIGHT BE BANNED IN RUSSIA

Telegram messenger is already used to accusations. Little time passed since the messaging app appeared but it immediately brought up plenty of rumours. Some of them were confirmed, some of them were not. This time Telegram app is accused of assisting terrorists. Particularly, the accusation says that the Islamic State members are gladly using this…

PAVEL DUROV APOLOGIZES TO IRAN USERS

PAVEL DUROV APOLOGIZES TO IRAN USERS

Pavel Durov, the co-founder and CEO of Russian Telegram app apologized for his earlier statement. In his official Telegram channel, Pavel Durov denied his earlier statement about Telegram being blocked by the Iranian authorities. Previously he said that he had made those conclusions because the country’s population was unable to access the messaging app. However,…

TELEGRAM SERVICE BLOCKED IN IRAN

TELEGRAM SERVICE BLOCKED IN IRAN

Russian Telegram app has been banned in Iran. According to Pavel Durov, the Telegram CEO and cofounder, this is a temporary measure caused by the refusal of the messenger team to assist the Iranian government in spying on the local users. Durov shared this in his Twitter. Telegram is known for its hard-core attitude towards…

Messaging App Security Under Threat: Vulnerability Found In Encryption Protocol

Messaging App Security Under Threat: Vulnerability Found In Encryption Protocol

An important announcement was made during the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security held in Denver, Colorado regarding the weakness that was spotted in Diffie-Hellman’s algorithm. The discovery startled millions of people, because the algorithm at hand is widely used in data encryption. The algorithm flaw actually lies in the way keys are exchanged,…

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Firefox Messenger – AppMess News #23

Skype kept it’s ears open for user feedback and decided to release a version of the app for Android Wear. Microsoft smart watch owners aren’t going to have many functions to chose from, nevertheless users will be able to receive calls and send audio messages. In addition, notifications on new messages will pop up right…

FAILED TERROSIT ACT PREPARED USUNG TELEGRAM

FAILED TERROSIT ACT PREPARED USUNG TELEGRAM

On Friday, October 2, CNN reported a news item telling about an attempt to commit an act of terrorism in Australia. On 25 April 2015, a 14-year-old from the UK (the initiator) and an 18-year-old citizen of Australia (the performer) plotted an explosion during a parade in Australia in honour of the local national holiday….

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Facebook Messenger Comes To Apple Watch – AppMess News #22

Log into Facebook with the Apple Watch. A couple of weeks ago it was announced that the updated version of the smart watch, 2.0, will let users run new apps. Users get to enjoy such programs as medical app AirStrip, self-explanatory app iTranslate, and, more importantly for us, Facebook Messenger. Thanks to the redesigned interaction…

TELEGRAM STARTS MAKING MONEY

TELEGRAM STARTS MAKING MONEY

Pavel Durov has probably found a way to make a profit on his brainchild – the Russian Telegram Messenger. Answering the questions of the US media, he told the journalists that the Telegram team is currently busy working on APIs for developers. These APIs will let those developers receive profits from selling services in Telegram…