If you are a faithful user of Telegram and you travel to Russia, say goodbye to using this application. And it is that a court has decreed the prohibition of this messaging service in that country Something that could occur in the next few hours or days to prevent millions of users from of this tool communicate through it. Luckily, the injunction only affects Russia, and other users will be able to continue using the secret and secure messaging application without any problems.
The problems between Telegram and the Russian government have been going on for some time. This judicial order is the translation of the tug of war that the Russian surveillance service Roskomnadzor has had with Telegram A result promoted by Russia's constant requests to access the encryption (coding) of application messages. That is, to be able to access the content of the messages that users exchange. Something that Telegram has flatly refused, and that has led to the veto of its service in its own country of birth.
Back in 2016, Russia passed strong anti-terrorism laws. Among them was the demand that services that transport encrypted messages hand over their passwords so that the government could review the contents. Since that year, Telegram has been able to escape from the Russian government's mandate, straining its relations and reaching the current point of tension.
At the moment no one knows when the blockade will be effectively applied in Russia. While the Russian media affirm that the blockade will be immediate, the Financial Times newspaper assures that it will take place within a months, when the people in charge of Telegram have appealed. Something that can give current users a lot of room to change the application or look for VPN solutions to bypass the limitations of the network in Russia.
Of course, Telegram will continue to work in the rest of the world. And it will continue to be secure and private as events unfold. And it is that, although it has not managed to fight in number of users with WhatsApp, it has managed to maintain its status and grow in functionalities with all those users who need a truly secure environmentAnd it will remain secure if they don't hand over the encryption keys to the Russian government.
We will remain attentive to the next movements of the Russian government and the Telegram messaging application.
