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Re:Russia lifts ban on Telegram by thatlongthrow1 on Thursday June 18, 2020 @12:24PM (#23564658)
That is a wild stance indeed. An exercise I can do:

Go to, https://transparency.twitter.com/en/information-operations.h...

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And there it is, Russia's efforts at influencing my account or using it's messaging to influence others. Targeted attempts to get users to click rigged links. Psy-op mind fucking.

Do I really want to give this type of government more data to fuck with me or people in my orbit? Just because "better than NSA," whatever that means?

No I'll pass on that give me privacy from all the alphabet boys please.

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Re:Russia lifts ban on Telegram by A4ET8a8uTh0 on Thursday June 18, 2020 @01:42PM (#23565543)
I agree with your conclusion. I am simply not sure what an average person can realistically do against a state actor. Right now, I read parent's comment as 'play them against one another in hopes they won't share data'.
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