Сегодня сирийцы в Берлине отмечали падение режима Башара Ассада. Сотни тысяч сирийцев были вынуждены покинуть Сирию, из-за вспыхнувшей там в 2011 году гражданской войны. Сейчас многие из них проживают в европейских странах, и в частности, в Германии. В Берлине живет около 50 тысяч сирийцев.
Сегодня сирийцы в Берлине отмечали падение режима Башара Ассада. Сотни тысяч сирийцев были вынуждены покинуть Сирию, из-за вспыхнувшей там в 2011 году гражданской войны. Сейчас многие из них проживают в европейских странах, и в частности, в Германии. В Берлине живет около 50 тысяч сирийцев.
You may recall that, back when Facebook started changing WhatsApp’s terms of service, a number of news outlets reported on, and even recommended, switching to Telegram. Pavel Durov even said that users should delete WhatsApp “unless you are cool with all of your photos and messages becoming public one day.” But Telegram can’t be described as a more-secure version of WhatsApp. Russian President Vladimir Putin launched Russia's invasion of Ukraine in the early-morning hours of February 24, targeting several key cities with military strikes. Given the pro-privacy stance of the platform, it’s taken as a given that it’ll be used for a number of reasons, not all of them good. And Telegram has been attached to a fair few scandals related to terrorism, sexual exploitation and crime. Back in 2015, Vox described Telegram as “ISIS’ app of choice,” saying that the platform’s real use is the ability to use channels to distribute material to large groups at once. Telegram has acted to remove public channels affiliated with terrorism, but Pavel Durov reiterated that he had no business snooping on private conversations. During the operations, Sebi officials seized various records and documents, including 34 mobile phones, six laptops, four desktops, four tablets, two hard drive disks and one pen drive from the custody of these persons. 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.
from vn
