@sqrtminusone @GuerillaOntologist My understanding is he has plaintext access to nearly everything that goes across Telegram if he wants it. In that circumstance, there’s arguably no country and no security service and no amount of money that can protect you. You are too valuable for a state actor not to own. If that’s right, the question before you isn’t how to protect yourself from state actors, but which state actor to be protected (and owned) by.