Edit: barely privacy related because everything you do in a Telegram group is visible to Telegram administrators and will be controlled through their international partnerships. They already self-censored in Indonesia.
All telegram messages are sent unencrypted by default. It's possible to encrypt 1-on-1 chats by going through a convoluted process, but group messages can't be encrypted.
If you care about privacy at all, don't use telegram.
Not cooperating with authorities in general. Pavel talks a lot about "freedom of speech", but by the time he put crypto and shops in telegram, it became clear what his target audience was
This happens around Africa once in a while. Kenya, Ghana, and a couple other counties will have a panic and just ban SMS messages, or internet, or Facebook nationally for a day because of one paranoid minister of education. Kenya did the same thing with Telegram not long ago.
Though... Who uses Telegram that isn't an idiot kid or Russian scammer?
Poor oligarch who has to feel sad that their nerwork is cut of 150M people. So gentle of them to defend this voices of thos who have to use something else now.
Petrov was de facto banned from Russia for refusing to fold into the government's requests to influence vkontakte? Dude's definitely too rich and has bad takes sometimes, but calling him an oligarch makes no sense
Ok. Not rich and impactfull enough to be an oligarch. But a person wining online when their business is impacted and saying it is an attack on millions of people which isn't.
Not using the power doesn't remove it from his grasp. The really rich owner class are oligarchs, even if some of them act benevolently or at least not like the trash they could be.
That's such a stupid thing to say. What if they are studying to be a doctor? You'll be risking people's lives because some guy couldn't study and had to use ChatGPT or something to pass the exam and get the job.
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SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works · 97 pts · 60d
One person shits their pants, everyone has to wear diapers
Group punishments are bullshit
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 15 pts · 60d
And specifically against the Geneva conventions, lol! (When applied against groups of POWs.)
s38b35M5@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 60d
Happy cake 🍰day, friend!
SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 60d
thanks, happy belated cake day to you!
glowie@infosec.pub · -19 pts · 60d
Agreed, but it worked for car seatbelts lol
LurkingLuddite@piefed.social · 31 pts · 59d
That's not a punishment.
glowie@infosec.pub · -5 pts · 59d
The people at the time thought it was
LurkingLuddite@piefed.social · 1 pts · 31d
That... is never a justification of anything.
Morons feel persecuted all the time. It doesn't make it true.
rozodru@piefed.world · 15 pts · 60d
yeah coming from India this doesn't surprise me.
amzd@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 60d
Don’t use centralized tools that can easily be blocked. This would’ve been basically impossible if they used delta chat
XLE@piefed.social · 12 pts · 60d
Edit: barely privacy related because everything you do in a Telegram group is visible to Telegram administrators and will be controlled through their international partnerships. They already self-censored in Indonesia.
loutr@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 58d
All telegram messages are sent unencrypted by default. It's possible to encrypt 1-on-1 chats by going through a convoluted process, but group messages can't be encrypted.
If you care about privacy at all, don't use telegram.
spacegoat@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 59d
The only political news I hear out of India is kneejerk nonsense while never fixing the big embarrassing issues
87Six@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 58d
So basically america
spacegoat@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 58d
I would describe America as actively legislating to make things worse, rather than just not fixing things
Helkriz@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 60d
They think telegram is the only way to do it. 🙄
zephiriz@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 58d
Banned for cheating but banned for being used by scam centers. Naaa.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 59d
They can block everyone? How? I mean a vpn would work, yeah?
webkitten@piefed.social · 2 pts · 58d
plutopos@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 58d
Not cooperating with authorities in general. Pavel talks a lot about "freedom of speech", but by the time he put crypto and shops in telegram, it became clear what his target audience was
hansolo@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 58d
This happens around Africa once in a while. Kenya, Ghana, and a couple other counties will have a panic and just ban SMS messages, or internet, or Facebook nationally for a day because of one paranoid minister of education. Kenya did the same thing with Telegram not long ago.
Though... Who uses Telegram that isn't an idiot kid or Russian scammer?
phase@lemmy.8th.world · -2 pts · 58d
Poor oligarch who has to feel sad that their nerwork is cut of 150M people. So gentle of them to defend this voices of thos who have to use something else now.
floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 58d
Petrov was de facto banned from Russia for refusing to fold into the government's requests to influence vkontakte? Dude's definitely too rich and has bad takes sometimes, but calling him an oligarch makes no sense
phase@lemmy.8th.world · 1 pts · 58d
Ok. Not rich and impactfull enough to be an oligarch. But a person wining online when their business is impacted and saying it is an attack on millions of people which isn't.
floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 58d
But telegram does have millions of users in India. Sure the attack part is slightly hyperbolic, but they were all impacted
phase@lemmy.8th.world · 1 pts · 58d
Then he should instead make them heard. Propose a way to structure, complain, ... support them.
AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 58d
Not using the power doesn't remove it from his grasp. The really rich owner class are oligarchs, even if some of them act benevolently or at least not like the trash they could be.
vrek@programming.dev · -6 pts · 59d
I mean in a way if you are smart enough to get creative ways of cheating in an exam you deserve to pass.
87Six@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 58d
No.
Most jobs don't only require that type of ingenuity. It's its own separate thing and doesn't account for EVERYTHING else
highbank@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 58d
That's such a stupid thing to say. What if they are studying to be a doctor? You'll be risking people's lives because some guy couldn't study and had to use ChatGPT or something to pass the exam and get the job.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 58d
Don’t celebrate mediocrity