Es ist ein reißerischer Titel, der auf dem neuen Buch des Rubikon-Verlags prangt. «Die Corona-Verschwörung» klingt aufmerksamkeitsheischend und weckt große Erwartungen. Verschwörungstheorien liefert es nicht, dafür aber jede Menge Indizien, dass es beim gesamten Corona-Komplex nicht mit rechten Dingen zuging. Eine Rezension
Es ist ein reißerischer Titel, der auf dem neuen Buch des Rubikon-Verlags prangt. «Die Corona-Verschwörung» klingt aufmerksamkeitsheischend und weckt große Erwartungen. Verschwörungstheorien liefert es nicht, dafür aber jede Menge Indizien, dass es beim gesamten Corona-Komplex nicht mit rechten Dingen zuging. Eine Rezension
Recently, Durav wrote on his Telegram channel that users' right to privacy, in light of the war in Ukraine, is "sacred, now more than ever." 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. On February 27th, Durov posted that Channels were becoming a source of unverified information and that the company lacks the ability to check on their veracity. He urged users to be mistrustful of the things shared on Channels, and initially threatened to block the feature in the countries involved for the length of the war, saying that he didn’t want Telegram to be used to aggravate conflict or incite ethnic hatred. He did, however, walk back this plan when it became clear that they had also become a vital communications tool for Ukrainian officials and citizens to help coordinate their resistance and evacuations. "Like the bombing of the maternity ward in Mariupol," he said, "Even before it hits the news, you see the videos on the Telegram channels." As a result, the pandemic saw many newcomers to Telegram, including prominent anti-vaccine activists who used the app's hands-off approach to share false information on shots, a study from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue shows.
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