> Wouldn't be shocked at all if Moxie is part of the Mossad.

Hacker News is not the place to spread conspiracy theories. If you have compelling evidence, link it. If not, keep it to yourself.

> Signal is suffocated by Moxie's tyranny.

Good news, Moxie hasn't been with Signal for at least 9 months.

Hey, I'd love to hear that one. Moxie has been around for a long time. If somebody has rationalizations for everything he released broken and talked about in context of being part of Mossad that should be a fun read.

«The Russian government hates him too.» Telegram is one of few popular messengers that are NOT blocked/prohibited in Russia. So government and Durov have some agreement.

Russia’s main security agency, the FSB (a successor to the KGB) has branded Telegram the messenger of choice for “international terrorist organizations in Russia.”

The government’s first attempts to ban it, a year ago, resulted in entire sections of the web, online stores, services—even the Kremlin museum’s ticket sales—being inadvertently blocked. But the messaging app has adopted a clever system of changing IP addresses that currently outsmarts the government ban.

Meanwhile, users have continued to access Telegram through VPNs, or virtual private networks, which have become increasingly popular.

It is difficult or impossible to block Telegram in Russia.

https://decrypt.co/6454/russia-internet-ban-block-telegram-m...

> Russia’s main security agency, the FSB (a successor to the KGB) has branded Telegram the messenger of choice for “international terrorist organizations in Russia.”

You ever hear of ANoM?

I live there, buddy. Telegram was blocked many times. But after some time any attempts were stopped. Just think about why.