В этот день родился Джон Р. Р. Толкин! У нас есть мини-словарь придуманного писателем языка, инструкция по чтению его книг и даже целый курс о нем. А еще — рождественская открытка, которую Толкин нарисовал для своих детей. Выбирайте, читайте, слушайте и начинайте учить эльфийский.
В этот день родился Джон Р. Р. Толкин! У нас есть мини-словарь придуманного писателем языка, инструкция по чтению его книг и даже целый курс о нем. А еще — рождественская открытка, которую Толкин нарисовал для своих детей. Выбирайте, читайте, слушайте и начинайте учить эльфийский.
Continuing its crackdown against entities allegedly involved in a front-running scam using messaging app Telegram, Sebi on Thursday carried out search and seizure operations at the premises of eight entities in multiple locations across the country. The next bit isn’t clear, but Durov reportedly claimed that his resignation, dated March 21st, was an April Fools’ prank. TechCrunch implies that it was a matter of principle, but it’s hard to be clear on the wheres, whos and whys. Similarly, on April 17th, the Moscow Times quoted Durov as saying that he quit the company after being pressured to reveal account details about Ukrainians protesting the then-president Viktor Yanukovych. On Telegram’s website, it says that Pavel Durov “supports Telegram financially and ideologically while Nikolai (Duvov)’s input is technological.” Currently, the Telegram team is based in Dubai, having moved around from Berlin, London and Singapore after departing Russia. Meanwhile, the company which owns Telegram is registered in the British Virgin Islands. Despite Telegram's origins, its approach to users' security has privacy advocates worried. If you initiate a Secret Chat, however, then these communications are end-to-end encrypted and are tied to the device you are using. That means it’s less convenient to access them across multiple platforms, but you are at far less risk of snooping. Back in the day, Secret Chats received some praise from the EFF, but the fact that its standard system isn’t as secure earned it some criticism. If you’re looking for something that is considered more reliable by privacy advocates, then Signal is the EFF’s preferred platform, although that too is not without some caveats.
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