About 70 percent of Ukraine’s population uses Telegram as their main source of news, but the government is worried that the app is being used as a method of disinformation and spying by Russia. They are trying to pivot to apps like Signal instead, but it is difficult to break the habit of such a majority of the country.

  • Bobr@lemmy.libertarianfellowship.org
    51·
    3 days ago

    Unless it’s auditted and open source then you should assume its spyware.

    I do. I use Matrix and recommend it to all my friends.

    “Telegram is spyware” was not the original thesis I replied to, it was about “operated by the enemy”.

    • interdimensionalmeme
      21·
      3 days ago

      All software not under my direct control and personnal audit is operated by the enemy until proven otherwise.

      windows, voidtool everything, irfanview, wiztree, Lemmy.ml gmail.com reddit.com youtube.com, my bank’s website. All operated by the technocapital enemy.

      I use nothing from russia but you better believe everything out of them is considered in the enemy camp.

        • interdimensionalmeme
          2·
          2 days ago

          No, it is great praise from me that I still use them. But I will purge all proprietary software and all uses of “someone else’s” computer from my life.