I always assumed any company offering a "free" service is getting their money from somewhere, be it the NSA or the FBI

Any public "service" that has any kind of data will be used against you, if required.

this is the basic of any state. do you remember the video "never talk to the police".... search it and watch it

I know it is a shock for the sheep but eventually you got to know reality

Telegram requires a cell number. The best way to link real people to online persons

If you think that’s sketchy wait till you see what they can access through the hardware directly, end-to-end encryption means jack shit if they can see the screen you’re typing on via the display subsystems.

Translation?