Russian authorities have begun restricting access to Telegram, one of the country’s most popular social media apps, as the government continues to push everyday Russians toward its own tightly controlled alternatives to foreign tech platforms.
On Tuesday, the government said it was restricting access to Telegram for the “protection of Russian citizens,” accusing the app of refusing to block content authorities consider “criminal and terrorist.”
Russia’s telecommunications regulator Roskomnadzor said in a statement that it would continue to restrict the operation of the Telegram messenger “until violations of Russian law are eliminated.”
Didn’t they do this years ago when the war started?
They tried (and failed) before the war too. Telegram has no privacy, poor security, but they are really good at evading blocks.
You can configure a proxy in the client, though it’s a game of cat and mouse. Cheburnet will only grow in its traffic filtering capabilies. It’s a stupid move since it prevents western audiences from learning what’s going on in a less censored environment. People who bother installing MAX will be a tiny minority.
Frankly, I get it. Telegram has no security nor privacy at all
There is a reason every illegal operation runs on Telegram, not Signal. The security is good.
There is a reason every illegal operation runs on Telegram, not Signal. The security is good.
Or it’s because the platform is nearly unmoderated and has benefited greatly from the network effect.
Bruh people sell drugs on Snapchat. That doesn’t mean Snapchat’s “security” (they have none) is “good.”
Very stupid people sure, but they’re there, and the ones doing the same on Telegram are just as dumb. If you want to find the real ones you’ll need to learn about Tails, Dread, and XMR.
About that… None of these are safe. Signal is not safe either.
that looks like the control panel(?) has full access to the target device already. usually when talking about security of communication softwares we don’t consider this kind of attacks…
That is true, but also this entire “control panel” is ai generated. Lots of smudgy text, misspelled words, bad number formatting, etc.
lmaoo yeah you’re right, wtf
