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Re:700M users and Premium by DeathArrow on Monday June 20, 2022 @03:16AM (#31807226)
>You must have missed all the very suspicious information about Durov's close ties with Russian authorities

That's rather fine in the event you don't want the Five Eyes to spy on you and you don't care if Putin reads your messages when he eats his breakfast.

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Re:700M users and Premium by hansel_der on Monday June 20, 2022 @03:47AM (#31807404)
agree.

messenger privacy is not a function of technology unfortunately.

the only real choice is which powerblock (us,ru,ch) can read your conversation

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Re:700M users and Premium by andrepd on Monday June 20, 2022 @04:37AM (#31807792)
That's a defeatist attitude. Use Signal and you're protected from sub-Pegasus attacks.
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Re:700M users and Premium by nix23 on Monday June 20, 2022 @06:13AM (#31808467)
Since when is Switzerland a powerblock, however thank you!
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Re:700M users and Premium by DeathArrow on Monday June 20, 2022 @09:35AM (#31810180)
Well, I am afraid Switzerland can read our messages and then jack up the prices on watches and chocolate!
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Re:700M users and Premium by nix23 on Monday June 20, 2022 @07:39PM (#31817724)
??? CN is China (mainland), CH is Switzerland, but have fun with our watches...and chocolate...we jack the joe out of it.
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Re:700M users and Premium by pindab0ter on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @02:37AM (#31820631)
Except that the message they replied to said ‘ch’, not ‘cn’.
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Re:700M users and Premium by nix23 on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @03:05AM (#31821003)
No BS? Like i said, Switzerland is now a power-block like the US ;)
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