alina@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 days agoWhich country is best to move to from russia?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square56linkfedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down135
arrow-up161arrow-down1imageWhich country is best to move to from russia?lemmy.worldalina@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square56linkfedilink
minus-squareŠtěpán@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·5 days agonot really related to the question, but wtf is that image? also isn’t telegram russian?
minus-squareRickAstleyfounddead@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up11·5 days agoTelegram and durov was expelled and banned from russia, now he lives in dubai. He made Vk too and its sold to russian
minus-squareŠtěpán@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·5 days agoTIL. lot of people say it’s a russian spyware, which doesn’t make much sense then…
minus-squareeinkorn@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up11·5 days agoIt’s still spyware though. Content is non-encrypted by default and in case of channels can’t be encrypted anyway.
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 days agoThe security is dubious, and Durov is not exactly an exile: he travels to Russia regularly, and Telegram have had (and might still have) development offices there, suggesting some kind of accommodation with the authorities there.
minus-squareWilloughby@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 days agoGuess it’s UAE spyware now. Pssssst. no one “owns” XMPP.
minus-squareKatherine 🪴@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoI believe the founder was originally Russian but moved to BVI and UAE since the 90s.
not really related to the question, but wtf is that image? also isn’t telegram russian?
Telegram and durov was expelled and banned from russia, now he lives in dubai.
He made Vk too and its sold to russian
TIL.
lot of people say it’s a russian spyware, which doesn’t make much sense then…
It’s still spyware though. Content is non-encrypted by default and in case of channels can’t be encrypted anyway.
The security is dubious, and Durov is not exactly an exile: he travels to Russia regularly, and Telegram have had (and might still have) development offices there, suggesting some kind of accommodation with the authorities there.
Guess it’s UAE spyware now.
Pssssst.
no one “owns” XMPP.
I believe the founder was originally Russian but moved to BVI and UAE since the 90s.