In this era of technology in which the world is submerged, adherence to technological content and products is increasingly and more frequent in people's lives around the globe. And for companies in the field, there is always a new opportunity to implement a product that works.
O telegram is a recent social network compared to others on the market, and not long ago, the CEO of the company made a controversial statement about its direct competitor, the Whatsapp.
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Telegram CEO Accuses WhatsApp of Surveillance
The fight between competitors is usually something positive and advantageous for consumer customers, but after a troubled statement by the CEO of Telegram, Pavel Durov, questions began to surface on the part of network users socialWhatsApp.
Durov claimed that the rival messaging app has purposeful loopholes, which serve to surveil its users. The executive's speech is based on a security notice issued in September by WhatsApp. On that occasion, two flaws were reported, where the execution of malicious codes used by criminals was allowed. It was just a matter of sending an infected video to the user, and his cell phone was hacked without much difficulty.
Mark Zuckerberg's network claimed to have solved the problem of breaches, but it seems that Durov does not believe the announcement. For him, the rival application from time to time presents similar security problems, as happened in 2016 (when encryption was implemented in the application), 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, that is, only the year 2021 passed unharmed without any flaws in the security of WhatsApp users.
Durov defends his claim
For him, every year a new security flaw is discovered in the rival application, leaving its users at risk, without protection. “Such questions are hardly incidental—they are backdoors planted. If a backdoor is discovered and needs to be removed, another one will be added”, points out Pavel Durov.
The CEO claims that this complaint is not to convince users to migrate to Telegram. According to data released by him, the application has 700 million active users and every day more than 2 million people enter.
Durov believes he is warning people to protect their data and mobile phone. “You can use any messaging app you like, but stay away from WhatsApp — it's been a surveillance tool for 13 years now,” he concludes.
It is not known for sure what the real intention of Durov's speech is, but the point is that this type of statement coming from someone influential in the field makes people thoughtful and fearful.
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