They do love the illusion of safety it produces. Recently it was confirmed TGās infrastructure is managed by the same guys who do this for FSB. Google iStories for the investigation.
The new messenger would probably be Max, a newly announced app from the russian nephew of Meta, Mail.ru, now called VK after they bought this site from Durov. In last ten years they bought many popular sites, educational platforms, started businesses in many spheres. This helps that itās managed by the son of a russian top beaurocrat, so I guess itās on them to take another niche without any competition.
I would say the link is bit more tenuous than you would present it.
A Russian guy works for telegram with one of his businesses. Other businesses he owns are suspected of working with FSB.
To be sure, Telegram is most likely not very trustworthy but I thought that the fact they developed their own crypto would be suspicious enough so that people wouldnāt use it for sensitive information.
Still it has not be confirmed that Telegramās infrastructure is run by FSB.
There are, like, a lot of arrows pointing in that direction but not yet connecting. I assume I can draw the missing part myself. But yep, the solid and direct link couldāve made wonders, but Iām pretty pessimistic about getting it until FSB archives get open to the public, probably after this regimeās critical malfunction. Thatās not even the first question Iād like to research there if that happens.
I still prefer to keep only work communications and mild content there. Some russian expats reported border guards checked their sub list in TG specifically, so I pumped it up with all Z channels in mute mode, I leave reactions there if that matters anyhow to create myself a SFW persona. As long as it doesnāt matters if it tracks my geoloc, I think itās better to have it because not having it makes you deviant and easy to point out.
I love Russia and itās precious president Vladimyr Putin, who shares many qualities with the God-Emperor but one: heās still alive.
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on 11 Jun 14:49
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Why block a popular messenger that has no e2ee by default and shady custom e2ee that doesnāt even sync between multiple devices users can optionally use? Sounds counterproductive
Ah, yes. Thatās correct, sorry I misunderstood you. Yeah thatās pretty lame that it doesnāt work on desktop. I remember wanting to use that several times.
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Not blocking telegram though. š
Well thatās because Telegram is likely the state messaging app theyāre talking about! š
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I assume this is just a jokeā¦ Because with the relationship Telegram has with the Russian government this would be quite unlikely.
They do love the illusion of safety it produces. Recently it was confirmed TGās infrastructure is managed by the same guys who do this for FSB. Google iStories for the investigation.
The new messenger would probably be Max, a newly announced app from the russian nephew of Meta, Mail.ru, now called VK after they bought this site from Durov. In last ten years they bought many popular sites, educational platforms, started businesses in many spheres. This helps that itās managed by the son of a russian top beaurocrat, so I guess itās on them to take another niche without any competition.
Link to the mentioned story:
occrp.org/ā¦/telegram-the-fsb-and-the-man-in-the-mā¦
I would say the link is bit more tenuous than you would present it. A Russian guy works for telegram with one of his businesses. Other businesses he owns are suspected of working with FSB.
To be sure, Telegram is most likely not very trustworthy but I thought that the fact they developed their own crypto would be suspicious enough so that people wouldnāt use it for sensitive information. Still it has not be confirmed that Telegramās infrastructure is run by FSB.
There are, like, a lot of arrows pointing in that direction but not yet connecting. I assume I can draw the missing part myself. But yep, the solid and direct link couldāve made wonders, but Iām pretty pessimistic about getting it until FSB archives get open to the public, probably after this regimeās critical malfunction. Thatās not even the first question Iād like to research there if that happens.
I still prefer to keep only work communications and mild content there. Some russian expats reported border guards checked their sub list in TG specifically, so I pumped it up with all Z channels in mute mode, I leave reactions there if that matters anyhow to create myself a SFW persona. As long as it doesnāt matters if it tracks my geoloc, I think itās better to have it because not having it makes you deviant and easy to point out.
I love Russia and itās precious president Vladimyr Putin, who shares many qualities with the God-Emperor but one: heās still alive.
Why block a popular messenger that has no e2ee by default and shady custom e2ee that doesnāt even sync between multiple devices users can optionally use? Sounds counterproductive
Telegram syncs between devices for me. š¤·āāļø Not sure what you mean.
(Yes, Iām in the middle of transitioning away from Telegram. Just gotta export my data first.)
I meant their supposedly secret chats. Last time Iāve checked they werenāt even available on desktop
Ah, yes. Thatās correct, sorry I misunderstood you. Yeah thatās pretty lame that it doesnāt work on desktop. I remember wanting to use that several times.
Because it isnāt controlled by Russia.
I mean they tried once, did not go so well
Blocking whatsapp +1
Having a state messaging app -1
State of Russia providing a state-controlled messaging service has got to be worse than WhatsApp, surely š
BlyatsApp
For those that donāt know russian, this would come off as an escort service app. )
Isnāt that what Whatsapp and Telegram are already used for?
Russia is late to the party. WeChat has been here for a decade. Xi is disappointed.
Fill it with gay porn