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Re:WhatsApp Down by snake_doc on Monday June 05, 2023 @05:36PM (#36204115)

WhatsApp was used by the Afghan Army to coordinate military communications and maneuvers. I wouldn't be surprised if other under-resourced military forces (i.e. Ukrainian) use it as a form of communications.

See this movie's footage for Afghan Army usage: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/retrograde_2022_2

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Re:WhatsApp Down by Georgelemental on Monday June 05, 2023 @05:54PM (#36204449)

Then again, the Afgan Army was never a model of competence

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Re:WhatsApp Down by emikulic on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @01:41AM (#36208596)

You mean the one that defeated two superpowers?

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Re:WhatsApp Down by flusensieb on Monday June 05, 2023 @06:03PM (#36204590)

Afhanistan and the Ukraine both have a little less than 40M inhabitants. (Which is around half of germany, or like 20M less than France).

The Ukraine has/had a relevant IT-offshoring sector, from Wikipedia there's around 1/3 of the soviet military industry that was sitting there (including companies like Antonow)... and they had a few years of preparation since the krim was occupied where they knew that russian secret services would try to undermine any kind of communication infrastructure.

I doubt that they currently rely on WhatsApp for military communication...

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Re:WhatsApp Down by switch007 on Monday June 05, 2023 @06:36PM (#36205088)

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Re:WhatsApp Down by flusensieb on Monday June 05, 2023 @07:08PM (#36205547)

Sorry, I'm not a native speaker. What do you mean by "It's just Ukraine now". Was it always just Ukraine or hast that changed recently?

Edit: But thanks for the information :)

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Re:WhatsApp Down by hkt on Monday June 05, 2023 @07:43PM (#36205982)

When people say "the Ukraine" it is taken to refer to Ukraine as a region rather than a country. I'm not 100% on why but the wording matters a lot.

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