Telegram’s chief executive has a flair for drama. Pavel Durov, the 33-year-old founder of the secret messaging app, once made paper aeroplanes out of 5,000 rouble notes and threw them from the window of his office.
Mr Durov founded encrypted messaging app Telegram in 2013. It lets users send messages in a similar way to WhatsApp, or send alerts and videos to large groups and make voice calls. It also features nearly unbreakable encryption, making it impossible for governments and security services to infiltrate.
But Telegram has been accused of becoming one of the apps of choice for criminals driven out of hiding by the takedown of two major dark web marketplaces, as well as a safe haven for...
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