Telegram has repeatedly come under fire from authorities in Russia over its strong encryption and it is officially blocked in the country.
“WhatsApp has a consistent history – from zero encryption at its inception to a succession of security issues strangely suitable for surveillance purposes,” Durov wrote.
The flaw allowed for the injection of sophisticated malware that could be used to spy on journalists, activists and others. He suggested the FBI could have forced WhatsApp or Facebook to include “backdoors” or secret ways to bypass security systems in their programming. Telegram was founded by brothers Pavel and Nikolai Durov, who previously created Russia’s popular VKontakte social networking site.
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