That investigation was conducted by russian journalists in exile. It was specifically about telegram because they have sources and it is the most relevant messenger for their readers (including people inside russia who largely assume that telegram is safe). No conspiracy here.

Yah, like I can understand a difficulty in partitioning from a newbie standpoint but I don’t think this template works here.

What?

Yeah, technically you can self-host it but on boy its configuration is convoluted. I decided that trying it out on their cloud would be better for my mental health.

Sure, but Skype was shit even before that. It had great potential though, could have become another whatsapp.