Many people who focus on information security, including myself, have long considered Telegram suspicious and untrustworthy. Now, based on findings published by the investigative journalism outlet ISt
  • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    What jurisdiction does the FSB have over you? None, and it has zero interest in helping those that do. This is the rationale for not worrying about backend security on Telegram. Transport security is a another question.

    • LWD@lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      Assuming everybody in this community is an nth-generation American citizen, maybe the FSB itself doesn’t endanger you. But this blog post was not written with only you in mind.

      I would encourage you to read more than the title of a blog post before you critique it. At least skim around. 😉

      • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        I’m not American. The fact is that the FSB is only a threat to those with Russian citizenship or who live within the Russian Federation. Let’s be real: that’s not the vast majority of people reading this.

        I would encourage you to read more than the title of a blog post before you critique it. At least skim around.

        Thank you for the condescending advice, and you’re correct that I didn’t read it - but in this case, why would I bother? The argument is right in the title, it’s been made a hundred times before, and apparently needs refuting 100 times too. There are reasons for Westerners not to use Telegram. This isn’t one of them.

        • LWD@lemm.ee
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          4 months ago

          The fact is that the FSB is only a threat to those with Russian citizenship or who live within the Russian Federation

          Two things:

          1. Your focus on FSB this, FSB that is based on your refusal to read past the title
          2. Maybe you missed it, but Russia is engaged in a war of aggression against Ukraine (a country where people use Telegram). Not only is this a good reason for Ukrainians to not use it, but the post makes a compelling case that nobody should (see: network effect).

          There are reasons for Westerners not to use Telegram.

          And if you read the blog, you’d have seen them.

          It’s hard not to be condescending when you proudly wallow in self-induced ignorance.

          Telegram’s dangers extend not just as far as Russia’s sphere of influence, but also the spheres of influence of every country that has secretly been collecting data with their express assistance. We discovered recently that Pavel Durov was hiding this fact for a long while…

  • herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    Telegram is very successful in getting people off Meta’s ecosystem. It has open source clients and very good Linux support.

    This is why western media is obsessed with Telegram and spend a lot of time smearing it.