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| Russia To Ban Telegram Messenger Over Communication Disruption by Itzpetersv(op): 8:35pm On Apr 13, 2018 |
Today, A Russian court ordered that access to the Telegram messenger service be blocked in Russia, signalling possible communication disruption for millions of users in the latest The decision came a week after state communication watchdog, Roskomnadzor, filed a lawsuit to limit access to Telegram following the company’s repeated refusal to give Russian state security services access to its users’ secret messages. As part of its services, Telegram allows its more than 200 million global users to communicate via encrypted messages which cannot be read by third parties, including government authorities. But Russia’s FSB Federal Security service has said it needs access to some of those messages for its work that includes guarding against terrorist attacks. Telegram has refused to comply with the demands, citing respect for user privacy. “The court decided to meet the requirements of Roskomnadzor, impose restrictions on access to Telegram messenger and stop providing technical conditions for the exchange of messages,” TASS news agency quoted judge Yulia Smolina as saying. Roskomnadzor head Alexander Zharov said the ban would be enforced soon but would not say exactly when, TASS reported. Russia’s top network providers, Megafon and MTS, declined to comment on the ban. Competitor Beeline said it would “act within the framework of the law.” Telegram founder and CEO, Pavel Durov, said the app will use built-in systems to circumnavigate the ban but could not guarantee 100 percent access without the use of a virtual private network, or VPN. Pavel Chikov, a lawyer representing Telegram, said the court decision was warning to global technology firms of the dangers of operating in Russia. https://www.pekipan.com/russia-to-ban-telegram-messenger-over-communication-disruption/
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| Re: Russia To Ban Telegram Messenger Over Communication Disruption by godofuck231: 8:42pm On Apr 13, 2018 |
Safer than whatsapp and most people never knew |
| Re: Russia To Ban Telegram Messenger Over Communication Disruption by Cosplay: 9:03pm On Apr 13, 2018 |
godofuck231:A lot more secure. Since WhatsApp was acquired all its secure pretences have been lost. I have no confidence in all that end to end encryption they like to tout. For secure communication, Signal or Telegram. |
| Re: Russia To Ban Telegram Messenger Over Communication Disruption by godofuck231: 11:17pm On Apr 13, 2018 |
Cosplay:BBM is another, first set up phone to encryption mode and go to secure chatting on BBM, it is finished, only your BBM device can decrypt that message or forget it, that's why wall Street bankers still create economic damages and no one detects sh*t |
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