Comment by maqp
1 year ago
>To protect the data that is not covered by end-to-end encryption, Telegram uses a distributed infrastructure. Cloud chat data is stored in multiple data centers around the globe that are controlled by different legal entities spread across different jurisdictions.
This is utter bullshit I debunked back in 2021.
https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/238562/how-does...
In practice also didn't work, only one government was needed to arrest the guy. And now all they need is a hammer or some pliers. No need for multiple governments to coordinate.
Well I'm sure France isn't taking Durov to some black site at this point. But since there's no such thing as distributed computation of single AES block operation, each server must by definition have access to the server's SQL-database key, and that key can be confiscated from which ever node is interacting with the database. Last I heard the servers in EU were in Netherlands, so if needed, perhaps the authorities there will handle it after court proceedings.