𝐃𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝐏𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁.

𝐃𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝐏𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁.

𝐃𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝐏𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁. Telegram | DID YOU KNOW?

Telegram does offer end-to-end encrypted communications through Secret Chats, but this is not the default setting. Standard conversations use the MTProto method, enabling server-client encryption but with them stored on the server for ease-of-access. This makes using Telegram across multiple devices simple, but also means that the regular Telegram chats you’re having with folks are not as secure as you may believe. At its heart, Telegram is little more than a messaging app like WhatsApp or Signal. But it also offers open channels that enable a single user, or a group of users, to communicate with large numbers in a method similar to a Twitter account. This has proven to be both a blessing and a curse for Telegram and its users, since these channels can be used for both good and ill. Right now, as Wired reports, the app is a key way for Ukrainians to receive updates from the government during the invasion. Given the pro-privacy stance of the platform, it’s taken as a given that it’ll be used for a number of reasons, not all of them good. And Telegram has been attached to a fair few scandals related to terrorism, sexual exploitation and crime. Back in 2015, Vox described Telegram as “ISIS’ app of choice,” saying that the platform’s real use is the ability to use channels to distribute material to large groups at once. Telegram has acted to remove public channels affiliated with terrorism, but Pavel Durov reiterated that he had no business snooping on private conversations. The fake Zelenskiy account reached 20,000 followers on Telegram before it was shut down, a remedial action that experts say is all too rare. He said that since his platform does not have the capacity to check all channels, it may restrict some in Russia and Ukraine "for the duration of the conflict," but then reversed course hours later after many users complained that Telegram was an important source of information.
𝐃𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝐏𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁. from ms

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