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2024-09-24 09:51
Telegram will start handing over the IP addresses and phone numbers of users who violate their Terms of Service “to relevant authorities in response to valid legal requests”, Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov has announced on Monday. This is a big change for the company, as its Privacy Policy previously allowed Telegram to do that only for confirmed terror suspects. The change comes a month after Durov was arrested in France as part of … More → The post Telegram will share IP addresses, phone numbers of criminal suspects with cops appeared first on Help Net Security.
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