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The trouble with Telegram (part 2)
Posted By Jessica Clarence on July 16, 2018 @ 12:50
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[1] Turnbull government announced: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/laws-could-force-companies-to-unlock-encrypted-messages-of-terrorists/news-story/ed481d29c956dfac9361061a60dcf590
[2] challenge posed by Telegram: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-trouble-with-telegram-part-1/
[3] ignored requests: https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/15/zuckerberg-again-snubs-uk-parliament-over-call-to-testify/
[4] trying to compel Rupert Murdoch: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jul/14/rupert-murdoch-jail-refusal-mps
[5] many subclauses: https://www.forbes.com/sites/roncheng/2018/05/29/seizing-data-overseas-from-foreign-internet-companies-under-the-cloud-act/#275d7716c08b
[6] done everything to make it a technological nightmare to find where their server is: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/06/world/europe/telegram-isis-privacy-encryption.html
[7] after attacks on churchgoers in Normandy in 2016 were linked to Telegram: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/31/police-in-jacques-hamel-case-investigate-telegram-messaging-app-link
[8] been unable to even find a Telegram ‘interlocutor’: https://www.memri.org/reports/imminent-release-telegrams-cryptocurrency-isiss-encryption-app-choice-%E2%80%93-international
[9] despite being blocked by the ‘Great Firewall’: https://www.travelchinacheaper.com/how-to-access-facebook-in-china
[10] 15 million: https://twitter.com/durov/status/986361756351172608
[11] affecting a host of unrelated businesses and people: https://www.technadu.com/russian-government-investigate-aftermath-telegram-ban/29685/
[12] put a stop to Telegram’s IP address-hopping: https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2018/05/amazon-bends-the-knee-to-autocrats-threatens-to-cut-off-signal-for-using-anti-censorship-technique/
[13] until recently: https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2018/06/telegram-ceo-says-apple-has-stopped-blocking-updates-amid-struggle-with-russian-authorities/
[14] increasingly effective censorship technique: https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/29/apple-removes-vpn-apps-from-the-app-store-in-china/
[15] FBI versus Apple encryption dispute: https://www.wired.com/2016/02/apple-brief-fbi-response-iphone/
[16] lack of even basic knowledge: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/4/10/17222062/mark-zuckerberg-testimony-graham-facebook-regulations
[17] with the 2014 metadata legislation: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-07/brandis-explanation-adds-confusion-to-metadata-proposal/5654186
[18] preferred platform: https://ctc.usma.edu/trucks-knives-bombs-whatever-exploring-pro-islamic-state-instructional-material-telegram/
[19] puts out multilingual manuals: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318440776_Identifying_Nefarious_Telegram_Users_without_the_Help_of_Telegram_Itself?_sg=L6v91_vqTVB-ZwNse4K7E3Bi5yp7rMUTvAilNjS_0rXPkSqmkdaaV9q4dIpCZ-2StXAohmHyZA
[20] it’s possible: https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/anyone-can-download-apps-from-the-us-app-store-here-is-how/
[21] there’s evidence: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/11/23/the-secret-american-origins-of-telegram-the-encrypted-messaging-app-favored-by-the-islamic-state/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.b176954e89bf
[22] put forward some good ideas: https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-encryption-plans-boost-power-of-europol-police-to-fight-cybercrime-backdoors-hack-phones-computers/
[23] harmonising rules: https://www.globalpolicywatch.com/2018/05/encryption-policy-issues-in-the-eu/