Перебрались сегодня на священную для буддистов гору Коясан. Будем жить в храме Муриоко-ин два дня. Успели вечером прогуляться по кладбищу Окуно-ин под вековыми кедрами. Такие места заставляют задуматься о течении времени. Кладбищу уже больше тысячи лет, да и кедрам, такое ощущение, столько же. Больше двухсот тысяч могил. Спрессованная человеческая память тут ощущается буквально как что-то материальное
Перебрались сегодня на священную для буддистов гору Коясан. Будем жить в храме Муриоко-ин два дня. Успели вечером прогуляться по кладбищу Окуно-ин под вековыми кедрами. Такие места заставляют задуматься о течении времени. Кладбищу уже больше тысячи лет, да и кедрам, такое ощущение, столько же. Больше двухсот тысяч могил. Спрессованная человеческая память тут ощущается буквально как что-то материальное
Given the pro-privacy stance of the platform, it’s taken as a given that it’ll be used for a number of reasons, not all of them good. And Telegram has been attached to a fair few scandals related to terrorism, sexual exploitation and crime. Back in 2015, Vox described Telegram as “ISIS’ app of choice,” saying that the platform’s real use is the ability to use channels to distribute material to large groups at once. Telegram has acted to remove public channels affiliated with terrorism, but Pavel Durov reiterated that he had no business snooping on private conversations. The regulator said it had received information that messages containing stock tips and other investment advice with respect to selected listed companies are being widely circulated through websites and social media platforms such as Telegram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram. At the start of 2018, the company attempted to launch an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) which would enable it to enable payments (and earn the cash that comes from doing so). The initial signals were promising, especially given Telegram’s user base is already fairly crypto-savvy. It raised an initial tranche of cash – worth more than a billion dollars – to help develop the coin before opening sales to the public. Unfortunately, third-party sales of coins bought in those initial fundraising rounds raised the ire of the SEC, which brought the hammer down on the whole operation. In 2020, officials ordered Telegram to pay a fine of $18.5 million and hand back much of the cash that it had raised. One thing that Telegram now offers to all users is the ability to “disappear” messages or set remote deletion deadlines. That enables users to have much more control over how long people can access what you’re sending them. Given that Russian law enforcement officials are reportedly (via Insider) stopping people in the street and demanding to read their text messages, this could be vital to protect individuals from reprisals. Update March 8, 2022: EFF has clarified that Channels and Groups are not fully encrypted, end-to-end, updated our post to link to Telegram’s FAQ for Cloud and Secret chats, updated to clarify that auto-delete is available for group and channel admins, and added some additional links.
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