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Who is Telegram founder Pavel Durov?

"Pavel Durov is the elusive founder behind Telegram, an app that's found itself at the center of the contentious encryption debate.
Telegram is the Berlin-based competitor to Facebook's WhatsApp. Using two layers of encryption, the app claims to be "faster and more secure" than other messaging services.

Users can message and send files to friends, create group chats with up to 200 members, or opt for "special secret chats" where messages self-destruct.

ISIS terrorists are turning to encrypted underground apps like Telegram to communicate. Laith Alkhouri, director of Research at Flashpoint Global Partners, called it "the new hot thing among jihadists."..."

http://money.cnn.com/2015/12/17/tec....html?iid=ob_homepage_tech_pool&iid=obnetwork
 
The CIA-backed start-up that's taking over Palo Alto

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"Downtown Palo Alto, the heart and soul of Silicon Valley and former home to Google, Facebook and PayPal, is slowly turning into a scene out of "Lord of the Rings."

Palantir Technologies, a highly secretive software developer whose name is derived from a magical crystal ball in J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy novel, has been gobbling up real estate in the upscale home of Stanford University, and — according to critics — uprooting a vibrant start-up ecosystem in the process.

Unlike its start-up predecessors, which outgrew the cramped streets of Palo Alto and moved to more traditional corporate campuses in nearby Menlo Park and Mountain View, Palantir is intent on staying put and expanding. The company controls about 250,000 square feet of office space, or 10 to 15 percent of the commercial inventory, spread over 23 or so buildings. Some of its leases are for a decade or longer...."

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/01/12/the-cia-backed-start-up-thats-taking-over-palo-alto.html
 
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