• Štěpán@lemmy.cafe
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    2 days ago

    TIL.

    lot of people say it’s a russian spyware, which doesn’t make much sense then…

    • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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      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.

    • einkorn@feddit.org
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      It’s still spyware though. Content is non-encrypted by default and in case of channels can’t be encrypted anyway.