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Ukraine Asks if Telegram, Its Favorite App, Is a Sleeper Agent (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 1 week ago by discimus@mander.xyz to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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About 70 percent of Ukraine's population uses Telegram as their main source of news, but the government is worried that the app is being used as a method of disinformation and spying by Russia. They are trying to pivot to apps like Signal instead, but it is difficult to break the habit of such a majority of the country.

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[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There are some credible rumors that Durov had financial issues during the pandemic and went back to Russia to strike some sort of deal with the regime there, which would also explain why since then there have been no further attempts to block Telegram in Russia.

[–] bobr@lemmy.libertarianfellowship.org 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What gives those rumors credibility other than "Russia bad"?

If you have links to some sources with some facts - I'd very much like to read them

[–] Rose@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Here.

[–] bobr@lemmy.libertarianfellowship.org 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Thanks, that was an interesting read :)

Of course it doesn't prove anything (especially that Telegram sends any information about Ukrainians to Russian government!), but at least those allegations indeed have more credibility than the usual "Russia bad". It also doesn't say anything about Durov doing something because he had financial problems. And what it definitely doesn't say is that "Telegram is operated by Russia".

[–] granolabar@kbin.melroy.org -2 points 1 week ago

Yeah next you are going to ask us to prove that signal shares meta data with nsa, other wise it doesn't happen

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