“If true, this reporting highlights the dangerous disconnect between what many believe about Telegram’s security and privacy features, and the reality," said John Scott-Railton, a Senior Researcher at The Citizen Lab. "When people don't know what is actually going on, but assume they have metadata privacy, they can unknowingly make risky choices, bringing danger to themselves and the people they’re communicating with. This is doubly true if the Russian government sees them as a threat."
I immediately thought "this sounds like Ukrainian propaganda", and copied this paragraph before reading on. The very next sentence in the next paragraph admits it's Ukrainian propaganda.
Imagining that intelligence agencies can't access whatever you post on the internet may be comforting, but think about it realistically.
A Ukrainian IT specialist who spoke with IStories on condition of anonymity said that the Russian military has used “man-in-the-middle” type surveillance in his country after capturing network infrastructure.
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I immediately thought "this sounds like Ukrainian propaganda", and copied this paragraph before reading on. The very next sentence in the next paragraph admits it's Ukrainian propaganda.
Imagining that intelligence agencies can't access whatever you post on the internet may be comforting, but think about it realistically.
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[ - ] mikenigger [op] 0 points 3 daysJun 11, 2025 11:56:17 ago (+0/-0)
why don't you quote the next sentence then, rusbot?
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[ - ] mikenigger [op] 0 points 3 daysJun 11, 2025 12:55:50 ago (+0/-0)
OCCRP is an NGO based in Amsterdam since 2006 and Important Stories is Russian 😆 you rusbots are really grasping at straws
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