Pavel Durov will propose storing personal data in Telegram • The Bell • RIMA — Russian Independent Media Archive

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05/10/2018

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Pavel Durov will propose storing personal data in Telegram

Telegram has created the Telegram Passport service, which allows you to identify the identity of the messenger user, and is testing it behind closed doors, reported Vedomosti , citing two sources. The publication was also able to see a test web page of the service.

Details

The new service will allow transferring personal data to Telegram partner services that the user uploads to the messenger. After that, it will be possible to use the services of these services both inside Telegram and on the websites of the services.
Telegram Passport will be able to collect passports, international passports, driver's licenses, utility bills, bank statements, and even ask the user to take a picture.
Access to personal data and copies of documents transferred to Telegram will be encrypted with a two-factor authentication password. The service will receive this data only when the user himself confirms his consent to transfer it.
According to one of the interlocutors of Vedomosti, Telegram Passport can start working by the beginning of summer.
Telegram Passport is the first service for the future TON (Telegram Open Network) messenger blockchain platform, sources say.

Context

Telegram plans to create a blockchain platform became known in January. $1.7 billion from investors for this project The messenger has already raised .

What do I get from this?

Telegram Passport will allow you to get away from the anonymity of cryptocurrency payments, says Alexander Filatov, partner at SP Capital. In addition, the new service can become a competitor to the usual authorization systems on third-party sites via Google, Facebook, Windows Live. The advantage of Telegram will be greater privacy and data safety.

Find out more

To find out why cryptocurrencies are not as anonymous as they seem, and why you should not invest in bitcoin, see the interview of HeadHunter founder and successful crypto investor Mikhail Frolkin in the new issue of the Russian Norms! project.

https://youtu.be/5YdABVM4xe8