alina@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWhich country is best to move to from russia?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square55linkfedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down132
arrow-up161arrow-down1imageWhich country is best to move to from russia?lemmy.worldalina@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square55linkfedilink
minus-squareŠtěpán@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 day agonot really related to the question, but wtf is that image? also isn’t telegram russian?
minus-squareRickAstleyfounddead@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 day agoTelegram and durov was expelled and banned from russia, now he lives in dubai. He made Vk too and its sold to russian
minus-squareŠtěpán@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 day agoTIL. lot of people say it’s a russian spyware, which doesn’t make much sense then…
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·18 hours agoThe security is dubious, and Durov is not exactly an exile: he travels to Russia regularly, and Telegram have had (and might still have) development offices there, suggesting some kind of accommodation with the authorities there.
minus-squareeinkorn@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 day agoIt’s still spyware though. Content is non-encrypted by default and in case of channels can’t be encrypted anyway.
minus-squareWilloughby@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoGuess it’s UAE spyware now. Pssssst. no one “owns” XMPP.
minus-squareKatherine 🪴@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoI believe the founder was originally Russian but moved to BVI and UAE since the 90s.
not really related to the question, but wtf is that image? also isn’t telegram russian?
Telegram and durov was expelled and banned from russia, now he lives in dubai.
He made Vk too and its sold to russian
TIL.
lot of people say it’s a russian spyware, which doesn’t make much sense then…
The security is dubious, and Durov is not exactly an exile: he travels to Russia regularly, and Telegram have had (and might still have) development offices there, suggesting some kind of accommodation with the authorities there.
It’s still spyware though. Content is non-encrypted by default and in case of channels can’t be encrypted anyway.
Guess it’s UAE spyware now.
Pssssst.
no one “owns” XMPP.
I believe the founder was originally Russian but moved to BVI and UAE since the 90s.