Воробьев А. Ю., Московская область Демешин Д.В., Хабаровский край Коков К.В., Кабардино-Балкария Лимаренко В.И., Сахалинская область Миляев Д.В., Тульская область Никитин Г.С., Нижегородская область Минниханов Р.Н., Татарстан Собянин С.С., Москва Филимонов Г.Ю., Вологодская область Хабиров Р.Ф., Башкирия Цыбульский А.В., Архангельская область
Воробьев А. Ю., Московская область Демешин Д.В., Хабаровский край Коков К.В., Кабардино-Балкария Лимаренко В.И., Сахалинская область Миляев Д.В., Тульская область Никитин Г.С., Нижегородская область Минниханов Р.Н., Татарстан Собянин С.С., Москва Филимонов Г.Ю., Вологодская область Хабиров Р.Ф., Башкирия Цыбульский А.В., Архангельская область
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been a driving force in markets for the past few weeks. 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. Since its launch in 2013, Telegram has grown from a simple messaging app to a broadcast network. Its user base isn’t as vast as WhatsApp’s, and its broadcast platform is a fraction the size of Twitter, but it’s nonetheless showing its use. While Telegram has been embroiled in controversy for much of its life, it has become a vital source of communication during the invasion of Ukraine. But, if all of this is new to you, let us explain, dear friends, what on Earth a Telegram is meant to be, and why you should, or should not, need to care. "Someone posing as a Ukrainian citizen just joins the chat and starts spreading misinformation, or gathers data, like the location of shelters," Tsekhanovska said, noting how false messages have urged Ukrainians to turn off their phones at a specific time of night, citing cybersafety. Channels are not fully encrypted, end-to-end. All communications on a Telegram channel can be seen by anyone on the channel and are also visible to Telegram. Telegram may be asked by a government to hand over the communications from a channel. Telegram has a history of standing up to Russian government requests for data, but how comfortable you are relying on that history to predict future behavior is up to you. Because Telegram has this data, it may also be stolen by hackers or leaked by an internal employee.
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