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Re:Russia lifts ban on Telegram by likpok on Thursday June 18, 2020 @01:50PM (#23565646)
It's a little funny though: living in the US means the FBI needs a warrant to read your messages and the NSA isn't supposed to at all (there was a huge scandal when they did!).

On the other hand, it's the NSA's job to read all the FSB's data. So by using the non-US-based program, you make it easier for the US government to spy on you.

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Re:Russia lifts ban on Telegram by anonAndOn on Thursday June 18, 2020 @02:51PM (#23566311)
Isn't that one of the reasons for Five Eyes? The NSA isn't supposed to spy domestically but thankfully MI6 can do it for them and vice versa. Problem solved!
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Re:Russia lifts ban on Telegram by sudosysgen on Friday June 19, 2020 @11:51AM (#23575654)
We've known for years that the US government doesn't care and has millions of loopholes around it, so in practice the NSA does read your messages.
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