Telegram banned in India, but available to many – The technology explained
Telegram is once again at the centre of a controversy ever since the Indian authorities banned it ahead of the June 21 NEET-UG medical re-examination.
In the landscape of modern messenger apps, only a few platforms command the blend of user loyalty and regulatory anxiety that Telegram does. Hence, every time a government bans access to Telegram over an incident, the same question arises: Can a modern, cloud-native messaging app like Telegram truly be banned?
To get our answers, we decided to reach out to the very person who disclosed the critical security flaws in the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) On-Screen Marking (OSM) portal.
