Re:Telegram shuts down major Iranian anti government channel
by StavrosK on Sunday December 31, 2017 @07:42AM
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And without knowing who you are, a requirement most services (including Signal) fail. Does Telegram allow you to create an account without divulging your phone number?
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Re:Telegram shuts down major Iranian anti government channel
by fauigerzigerk on Sunday December 31, 2017 @07:52AM
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I don't know. I'm not a Telegram user and I wouldn't use any of these messaging services if I wanted to organise a protest.
Email is the only reasonably decentralised and diverse messaging infrastructure we have. It's impossible to block without shutting down the entire Internet in a country.