Telegram CEO Previously Revealed US Government Tried to Infiltrate Company — Video
Pavel Durov, the CEO of messaging app Telegram, previously said that agents of the U.S. government tried to infiltrate his company to install a backdoor into the software.
Durov was arrested in France on Saturday.
In April Durov told Tucker Carlson that there was an attempt to install a ‘backdoor’ into Telegram. A backdoor is a secret access point into a computer system for third parties to enter through in order to view or edit the secure contents.
“We got too much attention from, you know, the FBI, the security agencies, whenever we came to the U.S.,” Durov said in April during an interview with Tucker Carlson. “So to give you an example, last time I was in the U.S. I brought an engineer that was working for Telegram and there was an attempt to secretly hire my engineer behind my back by cybersecurity officers or agents, whatever they are called.”
Carlson then inquired as to why the agents wished to hire the engineer.
“They were curious to learn which open source libraries are integrated [in] to the Telegram app, you know, the client side,” Durov said. “And they were trying to pursued him to use certain open source tools that he would then integrate into the Telegram code that in my understanding would serve as backdoors.”
Carlson clarified Durov’s claim.
“Would allow the U.S. government to spy on people who use Telegram,” Tucker said.
Durov elaborated.
“The U.S. government, or maybe any other government, because a backdoor is a backdoor regardless of who is using it,” Durov said.
The wish to add a backdoor may come down to the fact that Telegram messages are encrypted.
This may be disputed by some however, as the late John McAfee, a cybersecurity expert, once discussed how encryption only conceals the transmission of data to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks, such as may come from some guy in his mother’s basement with too much time on his hands.
Telegram has been compromised for years. Signal has been compromised for years. ____ has been compromised for years.
— Ken Theroux (@KenTheroux) August 25, 2024
Guy they arrested in France has been compromised for years.
Useful tools for sure, but don’t be naive.
John McAfee: there is no privacypic.twitter.com/ooqR5QY7OJ
High-level actors, such as the National Security Agency (NSA) have access to device-level backdoors – an effective end-around encryption.
McAfee was likely referencing revelations of former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden who revealed the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) spent a decade hacking into and installing backdoors onto Apple’s iOS devices and other smartphones via app stores through the ‘IRRITANT HORN’ program, as well as the NSA’s ‘ECHELON’ program that spies on internet communications.
More specific to Durov’s statements however, the ‘SENTRY EAGLE’ program by the NSA infiltrates foreign networks to acquire sensitive information by possibly impersonating employees or businessmen. Telegram is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Former NSA head William Binney revealed to Alex Jones in 2019 that the NSA is working with big tech firms to frame people for crimes.
Parallel construction is the term used for when the intelligence agencies break in and plant information on people’s devices.
Alex Jones has been exposing the NSA for decades.
More recently there has been a push to get small businesses to serve as NSA spies.
Where’s Sleepy Joe? Trump Pays Tribute To 13 Service Members Who Died In Biden’s Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal
Presidential frontrunner Donald Trump visited the Arlington National Cemetery on Monday in remembrance of the thirteen U.S. military members who lost their lives during the Biden administration’s disastrous 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Trump to visit Arlington National Cemetery today pic.twitter.com/82WD5Mm0qH
— Karli Bonne’ ?? (@KarluskaP) August 26, 2024
Trump participated in a wreath-laying ceremony honoring the fallen soldiers.
President Trump just honored the 13 American heroes who were killed in the botched Harris-Biden Afghanistan withdrawal three years ago today. @KamalaHarris and @JoeBiden refused to pay their respects today.
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) August 26, 2024
They didn’t think it was worth their time to remember those they… https://t.co/q3HIChpZVf pic.twitter.com/B8aWuMxPsY
President Trump speaks over the phone with the family of fallen soldier SSG Ryan Knauss as he lays flowers at the foot of their son’s grave.
Wow.
pic.twitter.com/IkFf8YL2Zp— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 26, 2024
Meanwhile, the man responsible for the infamous debacle, lame-duck Democrat Joe Biden, is nowhere to be seen.
The senile puppet president has been on vacation since his address at the Democratic National Convention last Monday.
Instead of making a speech or public appearance, the Biden administration simply posted a statement on the the anniversary of failed withdrawal on the White House website.
He hasn’t even been re-elected yet and Donald Trump is acting more presidential than Sleepy Joe.
Biden gave 85 billion dollars of weapons to the Taliban. Biden’s actions are the definition of treason. https://t.co/cq1oeG0Fcg
— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) August 26, 2024
ABC Mocks New Kamala Ad Taking Credit For Trump’s Border Wall
ABC News reporter Jon Karl scoffed at the latest Kamala Harris campaign ad during an interview with Democrat Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, pointing out the video features several clips of Donald Trump’s border wall.
“One thing that I found striking is if you look, and I think we have the images here, there are at least three points in that ad that show the border wall. Donald Trump’s border wall! Is it now the position of the Democrats that they favor the border wall?” Karl asked.
? ABC just CALLED OUT Kamala Harris for using video of President Trump’s border wall in her new ads
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 26, 2024
If even *ABC* is calling her out for her hypocrisy, you know it’s REALLY bad ? pic.twitter.com/R9DakoOKw5
Infowars founder Alex Jones commented on X, “There is nothing she won’t take credit for. But taking credit for Trumps border wall is next level. Just two weeks ago she claimed to have never been the border czar and now this.”
There is nothing she won’t take credit for. But taking credit for Trumps border wall is next level. Just two weeks ago she claimed to have never been the border czar and now this. https://t.co/hxxf3uPoqh
— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) August 26, 2024
The strange campaign ad comes as Harris has also recently stole Trump’s idea for a ban on taxing tips as well as J.D. Vance’s child tax credit proposal.
See the full Harris-Walz ad below:
Rumble Chief Flees EU Following Arrest Of Telegram CEO
France has crossed all boundaries by arresting Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov, according to the CEO of video-sharing platform Rumble Chris Pavlovski, He said that he left Europe after the news broke. Durov was […]
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Synagogue Attack by ‘Arab-looking Suspect with Palestinian Flag’ Ignites Debate on Rising Antisemitism in France
On Saturday, August 24th, an attack targeted a synagogue in La Grande Motte, a popular seaside resort on the Mediterranean. A criminal broke into the sacred building, where a gas cylinder was opened, followed by two fires outside. Over the weekend, there was a succession of political reactions, with part of the French left denying that the attack was antisemitic.
On Saturday morning, a fire broke out at the Beth Yaacov synagogue. On arrival on the site, firefighters and police discovered several vehicles in flames. A violent explosion threw a policeman to the ground.
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin quickly confirmed the criminal nature of the attack and expressed his support for the Jewish community. Four hours after the explosion, the investigation was handed over to the national anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office.
Only five people, including the rabbi, were in the synagogue at the time. The Shabbat service was scheduled for 9 a.m., but the assailant obviously got the time wrong. The “anti-Semitic attack” could have turned into an “absolute tragedy” if the worshippers had been there, said the outgoing Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, who visited the site a few hours after the event.
Images of the perpetrator were recorded by the town’s surveillance cameras. They show an Arab-looking suspect wearing a Palestinian flag tied around his waist, a keffiyeh on his head and a handgun in his belt. He was holding a bottle of water, probably filled with petrol.
On Saturday evening, after a manhunt leading to the sensitive Pissevin district of Nîmes, known for its violence and trafficking of all kinds, the suspect was arrested just before midnight by police officers from the elite Raid unit. The police had to open fire to arrest the individual, who was holed up on the top floor of a tower block. The man was Algerian and legally resident in France. Four members of his entourage were also taken into custody.
French politicians reacted en masse to condemn the antisemitic attack. Jean-Luc Mélenchon, President of the far-left France Insoumise, caused controversy with a post on X, which mentions neither the word antisemitism nor the word Jew.
Incendie criminel contre la synagogue de La Grande-Motte. Intolérable crime. Pensées pour les fidèles et les croyants ainsi agressés. La laïcité et la liberté de conscience est fille de la liberté des cultes. Nous ne l’oublions jamais.
— Jean-Luc Mélenchon (@JLMelenchon) August 24, 2024
This questionable choice drew the ire of Mélenchon’s allies within the New Popular Front coalition. Marine Tondelier, leader of the Greens, criticised his communication, as well as his statement a few months ago that antisemitism was “residual” in France.
Fabien Roussel, general secretary of the Communist Party, had some unambiguous words for his part: “Antisemitism is on the rise in France, and it has struck again in La Grande-Motte. The perpetrators of this act must be identified and punished. Solidarity with our Jewish compatriots,” he posted on X.
On the Right, Marine Le Pen denounced an act that she saw as a consequence of the rise of anti-Semitism in France.
La synagogue Beth Yaacov de la Grande-Motte a été visée ce matin par des attaques criminelles. Ces attaques inacceptables et inqualifiables sont la conséquence de la montée de l’antisémitisme qui se répand dans notre pays.
— Marine Le Pen (@MLP_officiel) August 24, 2024
Tout doit être fait pour protéger nos compatriotes de…
Valérie Pécresse, chairwoman of the Ile-de-France region and close to the Les Républicains party, believes that “those who for months have been multiplying verbal outrages against our compatriots of the Jewish faith in public debate bear a heavy responsibility for the explosion in antisemitic acts.”
Since the events of October 7th, the climate for Jews in France has become particularly heavy, while antisemitic acts are exploding. According to the Ministry of the Interior, antisemitic incidents have almost tripled since the start of the year, with “887 incidents” recorded in the first half of 2024, compared with 304 during the same period in 2023. They had already risen sharply in 2023, particularly after 7 October, with 1,676 acts, “i.e. four times more than in 2022,” reports the newspaper Les Échos.
In an interview with La Tribune, Simone Rodan Benzaquen, European Director of the American Jewish Committee, said that today “the future of Jews in France is in question.” Daniel Halevy-Goetschel, Minister-Counsellor at the Israeli Embassy in France, says he has noticed “an increase in the statistics of people who want to emigrate to Israel because of the precarious situation, as they feel it, in France at the moment.” The Minister-Counsellor added that Israel was following the ups and downs of the formation of the new French government very closely: “France chooses its elected representatives and the Israeli government will decide at the appropriate time what attitude to adopt towards this or that government,” he told France info: A thinly veiled way of expressing his concern about the possibility of a left-wing government with ambiguous positions on antisemitism.