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⚠️ [Important] Ukrainians should AVOID USING Telegram. There is big evidence that Telegram is linked to the FSB ⚠️ (www.occrp.org)
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Ukrainians are some of the bravest people I know.

To the extent that you can, do not use Telegram. Telegram is owned by a single person. This man is a fucking liar.

https://istories.media/en/news/2024/08/27/pavel-durov-has-visited-russia-more-than-50-times-since-his-exile-in-2014/

Telegram infrastructure is linked to the FSB.

https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/telegram-the-fsb-and-the-man-in-the-middle

Signal is more secure and owned by a nonprofit. The founder of Signal is a professional cryptographer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moxie_Marlinspike

Signal delivers end-to-end encryption by default and collects almost no data.

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[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That requires paying Google maps for their services. I don't know how their running costs and budget work.

[–] woelkchen@piefed.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Signal have tons of money from selling proprietary licenses of the Signal code base to Meta (used by WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger), Google, and Microsoft.

All these partnerships were announced on Signal's own blog, in case you don't believe it.