"Ein Milieu ist interessanter als eine Partei, weil es von Selbständigen lebt, weil in ihm wirklich etwas gekonnt werden muß, wenn man erfolgreich sein will – und weil Erfolg nicht heißt, zwei Drittel seiner Zeit damit zu verbringen, den Erfolg anderer zu verhindern."
"Ein Milieu ist interessanter als eine Partei, weil es von Selbständigen lebt, weil in ihm wirklich etwas gekonnt werden muß, wenn man erfolgreich sein will – und weil Erfolg nicht heißt, zwei Drittel seiner Zeit damit zu verbringen, den Erfolg anderer zu verhindern."
In 2014, Pavel Durov fled the country after allies of the Kremlin took control of the social networking site most know just as VK. Russia's intelligence agency had asked Durov to turn over the data of anti-Kremlin protesters. Durov refused to do so. READ MORE At its heart, Telegram is little more than a messaging app like WhatsApp or Signal. But it also offers open channels that enable a single user, or a group of users, to communicate with large numbers in a method similar to a Twitter account. This has proven to be both a blessing and a curse for Telegram and its users, since these channels can be used for both good and ill. Right now, as Wired reports, the app is a key way for Ukrainians to receive updates from the government during the invasion. The gold standard of encryption, known as end-to-end encryption, where only the sender and person who receives the message are able to see it, is available on Telegram only when the Secret Chat function is enabled. Voice and video calls are also completely encrypted. Stocks closed in the red Friday as investors weighed upbeat remarks from Russian President Vladimir Putin about diplomatic discussions with Ukraine against a weaker-than-expected print on U.S. consumer sentiment.
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