Запрет звонков через мессенджеры – атака не только на мошенников, но и на конфиденциальность связи в целом. Оперативно слушать звонки через некоторые мессенджеры росийской спецслужбе немного, но сложнее, чем читать сообщения. Однако, по консолидированному мнению властей, конфиденциальность связи в военное время гражданину не нужна. Даже, скорее, вредна 🤷♀ А как военное время закончится, начнется какое-то другое.
Интересно было бы рассмотреть развитие событий, когда запрещены окажутся голосовые звонки не только через мессенджеры, но и собственно по сотовой связи. Кроме ряда важных номеров. Станет ли мошенникам труднее работать через сообщения и голосовые письма. И да и нет (с).
Запрет звонков через мессенджеры – атака не только на мошенников, но и на конфиденциальность связи в целом. Оперативно слушать звонки через некоторые мессенджеры росийской спецслужбе немного, но сложнее, чем читать сообщения. Однако, по консолидированному мнению властей, конфиденциальность связи в военное время гражданину не нужна. Даже, скорее, вредна 🤷♀ А как военное время закончится, начнется какое-то другое.
Интересно было бы рассмотреть развитие событий, когда запрещены окажутся голосовые звонки не только через мессенджеры, но и собственно по сотовой связи. Кроме ряда важных номеров. Станет ли мошенникам труднее работать через сообщения и голосовые письма. И да и нет (с).
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. At the start of 2018, the company attempted to launch an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) which would enable it to enable payments (and earn the cash that comes from doing so). The initial signals were promising, especially given Telegram’s user base is already fairly crypto-savvy. It raised an initial tranche of cash – worth more than a billion dollars – to help develop the coin before opening sales to the public. Unfortunately, third-party sales of coins bought in those initial fundraising rounds raised the ire of the SEC, which brought the hammer down on the whole operation. In 2020, officials ordered Telegram to pay a fine of $18.5 million and hand back much of the cash that it had raised. On December 23rd, 2020, Pavel Durov posted to his channel that the company would need to start generating revenue. In early 2021, he added that any advertising on the platform would not use user data for targeting, and that it would be focused on “large one-to-many channels.” He pledged that ads would be “non-intrusive” and that most users would simply not notice any change. Telegram has gained a reputation as the “secure” communications app in the post-Soviet states, but whenever you make choices about your digital security, it’s important to start by asking yourself, “What exactly am I securing? And who am I securing it from?” These questions should inform your decisions about whether you are using the right tool or platform for your digital security needs. Telegram is certainly not the most secure messaging app on the market right now. Its security model requires users to place a great deal of trust in Telegram’s ability to protect user data. For some users, this may be good enough for now. For others, it may be wiser to move to a different platform for certain kinds of high-risk communications. 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.
from vn
