Comment by cimi_

Lex Friedman recently did an interview with Durov: https://lexfridman.com/pavel-durov/

I listened to bits of it and I was disappointed by the lack of push back from Lex who was supper excited because he got to hang out with Durov for a couple of weeks in Dubai - the tl;dr I got from what I heard is that Telegram is amazing and Durov is a visionary freedom fighter. Lex's recent history I'm not surprised though.

Here's the transcript of the section about encryption: https://lexfridman.com/pavel-durov-transcript#chapter15_encr... I'll let you judge for yourself.

I'll comment on another section though because I'm somewhat knowledgeable having followed the subject closely in the media and by knowing the country: https://lexfridman.com/pavel-durov-transcript#chapter7_roman...

He claims: 'So, by the time the head of intelligence services met me to ask about Romania to help them silencing conservative voices in Romania, I was already wary of what can be going on next.'

I call bullshit on this. The 'conservative voices' are muppets doing Russia's bidding who broke all sorts of election laws. There was nothing serious happening on Telegram in Romania that would warrant any foreign intervention, it just doesn't make sense.