🇪🇺 The EU wants to force mandatory ID checks on anyone using social media — and ban people under 18 from accessing it. To that end, the EU Commission spent over a year building an “age verification app”, which its president pompously unveiled yesterday.

Today, this app got hacked in just 2 minutes.

But don’t rush to laugh at EU bureaucrats.

Their age verification app was hackable by design — it trusted the device (that’s instant game over). Unless the EU is run by clowns 🤡, this is their real plan:

Step 1 — Present a “privacy-respecting” but hackable app.
Step 2 — Get hacked (*YOU ARE HERE*).
Step 3 — Remove privacy to “fix” the app.

Result — a surveillance tool sold as “privacy-respecting”.

The EU bureaucrats needed an excuse to silently start turning their “privacy-respecting” age verification app into a surveillance mechanism over all Europeans using social media. Today’s “surprising hack” just handed this excuse to them.

🦇 Stay vigilant!

-@Durov

🎩 The "spyware" label has been removed from the Telega website thanks to a prompt appeal from the fork team to Cloudflare. An analysis of the site shows that there are still more violations than certifications.

😃 However, this did not save the day — users are sharing screenshots showing that Apple has recognized Telega as spyware to such an extent that even for those who installed it before its removal from the App Store, the app no longer launches, citing malicious code. Unfortunately, the app remains active on Google Play.

🤩 In the BotFather mini-app, a future feature called Bot Cloud was found.

🎁 Our new Login Widget is a gift to developers: they can not only quickly authorize users, but also request users’ phone numbers and permission to message them on Telegram.

🆓 Sign-up, login, phone verification, and a follow-up communication channel in one — completely free.

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✅ The Telegram Login SDK now supports native iOS and Android apps.📱

🤩 Only Telegram lets developers verify users’ phone numbers for free — something that’s otherwise expensive. 🫰

🍴 Expect more apps adding “Continue with Telegram"! 🚀

🎩 Cloudflare has returned the "spyware" label to the Telega website.

🤒 Additionally, as confirmed by blogger Romancev769, the Telega mod client is the true cause of the "eternal reboot" issue when updating to iOS 26.4.1, with the solution being a full reset to factory settings.

Telegram Desktop Gets Major Poll Upgrade + API Layer 225 Update

Telegram Desktop (dev version) has received a feature-packed update, mainly focused on advanced poll controls, analytics, and backend improvements.

🗳️ Advanced Poll Features

🔒 Subscriber-Only Voting

• Poll creators can restrict voting to channel/group subscribers only
• Ideal for premium communities and private groups
• Fully supported at MTProto (server) level

🌍 Country-Based Restrictions
• Polls can now target specific countries
• Only users from selected regions can vote

📊 Poll Statistics

📈 Telegram will introduce a new stats panel for polls:

• Dedicated statistics dialog
• Data fetched directly from Telegram servers
• Visual charts showing vote distribution


🤖 Bot & Messaging Updates

👤 Guest Bot Messages (New)
• Telegram now supports messages from guest bots
• Likely enables lightweight or temporary bot interactions

🔌 API & Core Updates

⬆️ API Layer Updated to 225
• Enables new features like:

- Poll restrictions
- Advanced statistics
• Ensures better compatibility with latest Telegram backend

🎵 Cloud Tones

• Telegram is adding cloud-based tones
• Create & manage tones with improved UI
• New design for AI/custom tone editor
• Option to edit or delete tones easily
• Sync Across All Devices
• Telegram is experimenting with AI-based tone creation tools

📌 These changes are currently in the dev version and may roll out in future updates.

Source : 💌💌💌

🇫🇷 Macron’s France is losing legitimacy as it weaponizes criminal investigations to suppress free speech and privacy. The U.S. Department of Justice has refused to assist France in its investigation of Elon Musk, calling the case politically motivated.

🎭 The French prosecutor’s office claims to be independent, but that is untrue: French prosecutors are hired, fired, and promoted by the government. The judicial police — who provide often misleading reports to investigative judges — are also controlled by the government.

I’m under a similar investigation in France: over a dozen charges, each carrying up to 10 years in prison. Proud to stand alongside Elon Musk and others targeted by Macron's campaign against digital rights. In Macron’s France, being investigated is the new Légion d’honneur.🎖

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Durov writes about the European Union again.

This is how the EU/UK now regulates social media:

🤐 Offer CEOs secret deals to censor dissent.
🚨 If they refuse, open criminal cases against them.
😑 When people push back, say it's "all for the children".

"Protecting children" has become the standard legal/PR cover. 🎭

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