Re:Telegram messaging app proves crucial to Belarus protests
by danvayn on Friday August 21, 2020 @03:52PM
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That's a reasonable concern, but considering Belarus has had problems like these for a while, and given telegram's popularity, both as a messenger and as a tool to circumvent Big Brother, I'd say that the majority of those Belarusian accounts are legitimate.
One might wonder if perhaps some government who wanted nukes on Russia's border might expend some effort into discrediting an election of somebody who was blocking that objective.
Telegram accounts can be made in an automated manner, for somebody sufficiently motivated.
https://social.techjunkie.com/use-telegram-without-phone-num...
https://www.voiplid.com/belarus-did-virtual-phone-number/