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⚠️ [Important] Ukrainians should AVOID USING Telegram. There is big evidence that Telegram is linked to the FSB ⚠️ (www.occrp.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by vanidian1@lemmy.world to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

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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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[–] gegil@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago

Because there is nobody who has signal, and everyone is using telegram. I could switch to signal, but there is nobody to chat with. Telegram users and group chat owners wouldnt switch to signal, because they dont care, and nobody else in chat does so. So unless telegram will be legally banned by government, nobody is going to do anything about using it.