Фотографии американской БМП М2А2 ODS-SA Bradley на вооружении 82-й отдельной десантно-штурмовой бригады ВСУ в Курской области РФ. Ранее информации о появлении БМП Bradley на вооружении 82-й бригады не было, что делает ее седьмой бригадой/полком в составе ВСУ, имеющей эту БМП. Фото (с) Scott Peterson
Фотографии американской БМП М2А2 ODS-SA Bradley на вооружении 82-й отдельной десантно-штурмовой бригады ВСУ в Курской области РФ. Ранее информации о появлении БМП Bradley на вооружении 82-й бригады не было, что делает ее седьмой бригадой/полком в составе ВСУ, имеющей эту БМП. Фото (с) Scott Peterson
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. Telegram boasts 500 million users, who share information individually and in groups in relative security. But Telegram's use as a one-way broadcast channel — which followers can join but not reply to — means content from inauthentic accounts can easily reach large, captive and eager audiences. In addition, Telegram's architecture limits the ability to slow the spread of false information: the lack of a central public feed, and the fact that comments are easily disabled in channels, reduce the space for public pushback. 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. 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.
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