Anyway, while it's possible to activate a Telegram account without a physical phone (using some temporary number services) or using an (relatively) anonymous SIM card 99% of users use it via Android or iOS and that's means there is no need to grab data from Telegram, USA gov. as well as Apple or Alphabet could simply milk them from their OSes, virtual keyboards and so on.
It's really cloying how many do focus on the service instead of weighting the ecosystem...
It's Kit Klarenberg of Grayzone. If he claims X, you should believe the opposite with much better than even odds. It could have been a hint to you when the news source of your choice attributes everything in the world to the CIA.
Anyway, while it's possible to activate a Telegram account without a physical phone (using some temporary number services) or using an (relatively) anonymous SIM card 99% of users use it via Android or iOS and that's means there is no need to grab data from Telegram, USA gov. as well as Apple or Alphabet could simply milk them from their OSes, virtual keyboards and so on.
It's really cloying how many do focus on the service instead of weighting the ecosystem...