Everything about Durov's statement is so profoundly dishonest that I feel like engaging in a point-by-point debunking is a waste of time. If most of the messages on your platform are not end-to-end encrypted AT ALL, it is less private and secure than platforms whose messages are all e2e by default.
They claim this only targets terrorist groups. I can verify that it absolutely impacts groups run by queer communities in the Gulf, because I was in one such group that was monitored and shut down by Etidal.
This is that nonsense Rufo and some right-wingnuts started. It's about attacking NPR through Katherine Maher. It needs to be shut down whenever it comes up.
@fifilamoura I absolutely do not care whether or not he is a Russian agent. I only care that the platform he runs is objectively neither private nor secure by default and he is trying to convince people to use it instead of a platform that is much more private and secure by default.
The underlying article is full-on right-wing "they don't tell you everything" complotism, defending "alleged fascists" like Trump, criticizing MeToo, and the rest of the website isn't too far from that. If nationalist extremists want to use a less secure tool and be more easily caught then I'll gladly encourage them to do so. @fifilamoura
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