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Is Telegram, Ukraine’s most popular messenger app, a Russian Trojan horse? (kyivindependent.com)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I would be surprised if it's not.

russia tried to take control over it for a while, until

On 18 June 2020, the Russian government lifted its ban on Telegram after it agreed to "help with extremism investigations". https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/telegram-russia-ban-lift-messaging-app-encryption-download-a9573181.html

Which means they have access to all messages.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

You speculate that. Don't pass it on like you have proof. Or share the proof.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

The facts are:

russia spent a lot of effort trying to ban it
eventually they "convinced" durov to cooperate to fight terrorism and removed the ban
in russia fighting terrorism is applied to anything

Yes, I don't have evidence that the messages are accessed, only that the access is given and that all of that is happening in a country with a blatant disregard to law from the government.

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