Pavel Durov criticized U.K. plans that would effectively label end-to-end encryption developers as “hostile actors,” comparing them to the totalitarian regime from the movie “V for Vendetta.” The original post was later deleted.
🔝 What happened
⚫️ Durov wrote that 20 years ago the totalitarian Britain from “V for Vendetta” looked like pure fiction
⚫️ Now, with ideas like branding E2E encryption developers as “hostile,” it looks less like fiction and more like a government playbook
⚫️ He noted that the movie is set in 2027 — and that the U.K. seems eager to “meet the deadline”
⚫️ The country is debating laws that put pressure on end-to-end encryption and introduce backdoors for authorities, which Durov calls a threat to privacy
🔝 Why it matters
⚫️ The clash around end-to-end encryption is moving into open political confrontation
⚫️ Durov again positions Telegram as a defender of privacy against classic regulatory approaches
⚫️ For the broader Telegram and TON ecosystem, it’s a reminder that regulation around encryption and data can shape products as strongly as market forces
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