Telegram founder: would rather exit the market than disrupt encryption technology through backdoors Telegram founder Pavel Durov posted on the official TG channel that France almost banned encryption technology last month. The Senate has passed a law requiring communication applications to set up backdoors for police access to private information. Fortunately, this law was rejected by the National Assembly. However, three days ago, the Paris police chief once again spoke out in support of the law regarding this matter. Technically speaking, it cannot be guaranteed that only the police can access the backdoor. Once a backdoor is introduced, it may be exploited by other parties - from foreign spies to hackers. Therefore, the private information of all law-abiding citizens may be threatened. This law aimed at preventing drug trafficking will not help combat crime in any way. Even if mainstream encryption applications are weakened by backdoors, criminals can still communicate securely through dozens of smaller applications - and they are even harder to track due to the presence of VPNs. That's why Telegram would rather exit the market than disrupt encryption technology and violate basic human rights through backdoors. Unlike some of our competitors, we will not sacrifice privacy for market share. Telegram has never leaked any private information bytes. According to the EU Digital Services Act, Telegram will only disclose the IP address and telephone number of the suspect - not the information content - if it receives a valid court order. Last month, freedom achieved victory. But this is also a reminder: we must continue to explain to lawmakers that encryption technology does not exist to protect criminals - it exists to protect the privacy and security of ordinary people. Losing this protection would be tragic. This struggle is far from over. This month, the European Commission proposed a similar initiative to add backdoors in communication applications. No country is immune to the gradual erosion of freedom.