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⌯ ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴛ ᴀᴘᴘʟɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴѕ 𖢅 Telegram | DID YOU KNOW?
Date: | ⌯ ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴛ ᴀᴘᴘʟɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴѕ 𖢅
It is unclear who runs the account, although Russia's official Ministry of Foreign Affairs Twitter account promoted the Telegram channel on Saturday and claimed it was operated by "a group of experts & journalists." Right now the digital security needs of Russians and Ukrainians are very different, and they lead to very different caveats about how to mitigate the risks associated with using Telegram. For Ukrainians in Ukraine, whose physical safety is at risk because they are in a war zone, digital security is probably not their highest priority. They may value access to news and communication with their loved ones over making sure that all of their communications are encrypted in such a manner that they are indecipherable to Telegram, its employees, or governments with court orders. The original Telegram channel has expanded into a web of accounts for different locations, including specific pages made for individual Russian cities. There's also an English-language website, which states it is owned by the people who run the Telegram channels. You may recall that, back when Facebook started changing WhatsApp’s terms of service, a number of news outlets reported on, and even recommended, switching to Telegram. Pavel Durov even said that users should delete WhatsApp “unless you are cool with all of your photos and messages becoming public one day.” But Telegram can’t be described as a more-secure version of WhatsApp. As the war in Ukraine rages, the messaging app Telegram has emerged as the go-to place for unfiltered live war updates for both Ukrainian refugees and increasingly isolated Russians alike.
⌯ ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴛ ᴀᴘᴘʟɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴѕ 𖢅 from JP