Post AhmsGUsXOQfFeU9Fey by alshafei@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AhmsGTtv1oAucTmqAq by evacide@hachyderm.io
       2024-05-09T18:01:33Z
       
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       Everything about Durov's statement is so profoundly dishonest that I feel like engaging in a point-by-point debunking is a waste of time. If most of the messages on your platform are not end-to-end encrypted AT ALL, it is less private and secure than platforms whose messages are all e2e by default.https://t.me/durov/274
       
 (DIR) Post #AhmsGUsXOQfFeU9Fey by alshafei@mastodon.social
       2024-05-09T20:53:43Z
       
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       @evacide It gets a bit worse, Telegram has a long-standing relationship with a Saudi organization that's essentially a govt arm in Riyadh, working in direct partnership to analyze and monitor an obscene amount of user data: https://www.saudigazette.com.sa/article/641746/SAUDI-ARABIA/Etidal-Telegram-remove-over-16-million-extremist-contents-in-early-2024They claim this only targets terrorist groups. I can verify that it absolutely impacts groups run by queer communities in the Gulf, because I was in one such group that was monitored and shut down by Etidal. Telegram can fuck off into the sunset.
       
 (DIR) Post #AhmsGVoJvaswXhBOj2 by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
       2024-05-11T16:37:12Z
       
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       @alshafei @evacide @ParadeGrotesque It's all very simple: no traded-corp media is trustworthy. Simple as that.
       
 (DIR) Post #AhmvgbLyF5hx7n3RDM by ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org
       2024-05-11T17:15:28Z
       
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       @tomjenningsI would replace 'media' by 'chat application', but I am otherwise in full agreement.@alshafei @evacide