The Kremlin Has Entered the Chat Room (2023)

[xenospn]

Are people really that naive to think a homegrown Russian app isn’t providing access to the kremlin?

If I was in Russia, I wouldn’t touch anything that isn’t iMessage with a 100 yard stick.

[fsflover]

> that isn’t iMessage

So you think that Apple keeps you private? They have serious problems, too:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25074959

and

https://sneak.berlin/20231005/apple-operating-system-surveil...

[doublebind]

Russian antiwar activists placed their faith in Telegram, a supposedly secure messaging app. How does Putin’s regime seem to know their every move?