YouTube: How is Telegram connected to the FSB? And what does this mean for you? Investigation (www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7pnANMPigg)
Key takeaways:
(they are all documented in the video)
- 70% of Telegram’s infrastructure is run by FSB-linked shell companies, with staff secretly based in Russia (not Dubai as claimed).
- "Secret Chats" expose device IDs, enabling user tracking.
- Cloud chats are decryptable by Telegram’s servers (and potentially Russian authorities).
- Falsely claimed exile—visited Russia 50+ times since 2014.
- Hired ex-military/GRU engineers to oversee servers.
- Actively aids Russian censors in monitoring "extremist" content (via DPI systems).
- Used to target activists, journalists, and draft dodgers for arrest.
Key takeaways:
(they are all documented in the video)
- 70% of Telegram’s infrastructure is run by FSB-linked shell companies, with staff secretly based in Russia (not Dubai as claimed).
- "Secret Chats" expose device IDs, enabling user tracking.
- Cloud chats are decryptable by Telegram’s servers (and potentially Russian authorities).
- Falsely claimed exile—visited Russia 50+ times since 2014.
- Hired ex-military/GRU engineers to oversee servers.
- Actively aids Russian censors in monitoring "extremist" content (via DPI systems).
- Used to target activists, journalists, and draft dodgers for arrest.
