FOR MANY PARTICIPANTS OF THE CHINESE MAIDAN IN HONG KONG IT IS TOO LATE
Protesters in Hong Kong found that Telegram shows a phone number regardless of privacy settings. “Protected” Telegram messenger encrypted communication presumably helps to maintain the anonymity of users, and therefore widely used by protesters in Hong Kong. But in recent days, there has been a real panic among them: a message is spreading through the channels that the police have a way to determine the phone numbers of Telegram users. …
