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Telegram CEO arrested upon entering France

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Hearing some educated wishing that he brought himself to be arrested in some sort of asylum seeking effort. Charges include supporting terrorism, drugs, and human trafficking.

www.bbc.com

Pavel Durov: Telegram CEO arrested at French airport

The 39-year-old was detained after his private jet landed at Le Bourget Airport in northern Paris.
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This is pretty big. Telegram is… Ugh. There’s such an incredible amount of awful stuff freely distributed on there. Child porn and sexual abuse, outright terrorist propaganda and incitement of hatred, all kinds of various criminality… It’s a widespread safe-haven service for some of the worst of humanity, and being Russia-based, they absolutely do not cooperate with western police. I’ve also read repeatedly that it’s used as alternative comms for coordinating a lot of Russian military action in and around Ukraine. If nothing else, his arrest is gonna rattle a lot of really shitty people.

The theory about some sort of potentially covert cooperation is an interesting one. It was certainly super reckless for him to fly through Paris, and I struggle to think he didn’t know that.

This one bears watching.
 
brihard said:
This is pretty big. Telegram is… Ugh. There’s such an incredible amount of awful stuff freely distributed on there. Child porn and sexual abuse, outright terrorist propaganda and incitement of hatred, all kinds of various criminality… It’s a widespread safe-haven service for some of the worst of humanity, and being Russia-based, they absolutely do not cooperate with western police. I’ve also read repeatedly that it’s used as alternative comms for coordinating a lot of Russian military action in and around Ukraine. If nothing else, his arrest is gonna rattle a lot of really shitty people.

The theory about some sort of potentially covert cooperation is an interesting one. It was certainly super reckless for him to fly through Paris, and I struggle to think he didn’t know that.

This one bears watching.
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rmc_wannabe said:
Good to see him get his just desserts. Telegram has enabled some of the worst sectors of society to operate with impunity. I hope he never sees the light of day.
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I’d wait out on this one… I’m starting to lean a bit more towards this being a deliberate play on his part. It just seems incomprehensible that he would fail to avoid this if he wanted to; it’s not like he didn’t know he faced jeopardy. There’s a distinct possibility of a massive intelligence coup.

Even if we never learn a single thing further, simply shattering Russia’s confidence in the security of the Telegram app and its associated cryptocurrency architecture is quite disruptive to a bunch of bad actors in at least the short term.

But yes, even in just the straight criminal realm, Telegram is horrible.
 
I really am the last " what is the internet for $200, Alex" kind of guy.

My first thought when I read the topic header was "Why would France arrest the head of an English newspaper ?"

(Yes, I now know it's The Telegraph) Sigh,...sometimes it hurts being stupid......
 
brihard said:
I’d wait out on this one… I’m starting to lean a bit more towards this being a deliberate play on his part. It just seems incomprehensible that he would fail to avoid this if he wanted to; it’s not like he didn’t know he faced jeopardy. There’s a distinct possibility of a massive intelligence coup.
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You don’t fly your private jet into Le Bourget not knowing that you have somebody (your citizenship’s government especially) looking for you…
 
Good2Golf said:
You don’t fly your private jet into Le Bourget not knowing that you have somebody (your citizenship’s government especially) looking for you…
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Based on that, I suspect he'll be more than OK passing on any RUS "diplomatic officials" having access to him, am I right?
 
The Bread Guy said:
Based on that, I suspect he'll be more than OK passing on any RUS "diplomatic officials" having access to him, am I right?
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As a French citizen in French custody he has no consular rights to representatives of any of the governments of his other citizenships.
 
brihard said:
As a French citizen in French custody he has no consular rights to representatives of any of the governments of his other citizenships.
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<Boris Badinov accent>What are you being talking about? He is born in Russia, no?</Boris Badinov accent>
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SeaKingTacco said:
... The Trick will be keeping the FSB from offing him….
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See above for first, obvious attempt :)

According to Wikipedia, he seems to have several options ....
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The Bread Guy said:
Not enough weapon systems they can spare to do it that way ...
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FSB may have already rigged Durov’s plane as a contingency… 🤔

He’s likely safer now…unless France lets the FSB ‘MBS’ him in the consulate…
 
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