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Some people are also idiots.
I don't know about you, but my household buys Russian for its legendary quality
Telegram raises $210M through bond sales
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Telegram is one social network that has a huge potential for growth today. It is a dominant platform for War reporting from both sides. And it is not compromised by history of censorship, and CIA connections, like other social networks. We will probably see it growing in US, as we get closer to elections, and censorship tightens!
It is compromised by Russian connections though
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It is compromised by Russian connections though
...didn't the founder get ousted out of VK (which he also founded) for not playing ball with Russian intelligence? Or did I get that wrong?
Durov brothers left Russia few years ago; Pavel seems to be moving around while Nikolai stays in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegram_(software)#Developmen...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocking_of_Telegram_in_Russia
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It is compromised by Russian connections though
...didn't the founder get ousted out of VK (which he also founded) for not playing ball with Russian intelligence? Or did I get that wrong?
I think they’re playing ball, otherwise Telegram would have been declared a “foreign agent” like any other free press
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Extreme taxes compared to Dubai, a government (or the EU on that matter) wanting to permanently dismantle end-to-end encryption, slow local authorities (however I don’t know the situation in Dubai concerning that - I assume though nearly every state on the earth is more efficient than Germany regarding bureaucracy), local authorities that often can’t communicate in English... Germany is not an attractive place for sm…
Yeah, and tax authorities who refuse to communicate by using anything else but paper documents sent as letters... Glad I will leave Germany soon.
It took me a long time to realize that in the big picture, all those inefficiencies are actually upsides.
Most of what governments do is harmful to society. The more inefficient and inept they are at it, the better.
Sure, it may be an inconvenience sometimes. But it's nothing compared to the dystopian horror of what a truly efficient government would look like. The "ideal" government that works purely electronically through automatically-applied rules is the worst world I can imagine living in. Every additional day we can manage to hold off that future is a victory.
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#38People should seriously move to Signal.
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#39> the Dubai-headquartered firm huh, I thought Telegram was still stationed in Germany. I wonder what made them move.
Data protection and other laws of a civilized society perhaps.