Захотел написать ответ Михаилу в виде небольшого поста, но небольшой пост разросся до целой заметки. Сокращать не стал, потому что во-первых, я и так очень редко что-то пишу: раз в полгода можно и побыть многословным, а во-вторых, в этой заметке я проговариваю некоторые вещи о природе ксенофобии, насилия и идеологий, которые мне кажется важным зафиксировать в тексте. Короче, пусть будет.
Захотел написать ответ Михаилу в виде небольшого поста, но небольшой пост разросся до целой заметки. Сокращать не стал, потому что во-первых, я и так очень редко что-то пишу: раз в полгода можно и побыть многословным, а во-вторых, в этой заметке я проговариваю некоторые вещи о природе ксенофобии, насилия и идеологий, которые мне кажется важным зафиксировать в тексте. Короче, пусть будет.
Ukrainian forces have since put up a strong resistance to the Russian troops amid the war that has left hundreds of Ukrainian civilians, including children, dead, according to the United Nations. Ukrainian and international officials have accused Russia of targeting civilian populations with shelling and bombardments. 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. Pavel Durov, Telegram's CEO, is known as "the Russian Mark Zuckerberg," for co-founding VKontakte, which is Russian for "in touch," a Facebook imitator that became the country's most popular social networking site. Oleksandra Matviichuk, a Kyiv-based lawyer and head of the Center for Civil Liberties, called Durov’s position "very weak," and urged concrete improvements. Telegram was co-founded by Pavel and Nikolai Durov, the brothers who had previously created VKontakte. VK is Russia’s equivalent of Facebook, a social network used for public and private messaging, audio and video sharing as well as online gaming. In January, SimpleWeb reported that VK was Russia’s fourth most-visited website, after Yandex, YouTube and Google’s Russian-language homepage. In 2016, Forbes’ Michael Solomon described Pavel Durov (pictured, below) as the “Mark Zuckerberg of Russia.”
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