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The Kremlin Has Entered the Chat Room (2023)

by doublebind on 9/1/24, 8:53 AM with 5 comments

• by xenospn on 9/1/24, 9:34 AM

  Are people really that naive to think a homegrown Russian app isn’t providing access to the kremlin?

  If I was in Russia, I wouldn’t touch anything that isn’t iMessage with a 100 yard stick.

• by doublebind on 9/1/24, 8:53 AM

  Russian antiwar activists placed their faith in Telegram, a supposedly secure messaging app. How does Putin’s regime seem to know their every move?