Ukraine Weighs Telegram Security Risks Amid War With Russia
www.nytimes.com
The messaging app’s popularity has soared during the war with Russia, leading Ukrainian officials to increasingly weigh Telegram’s upsides against its security risks.

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
    1411·
    10 days ago

    but the government is worried that the app is being used as a method of disinformation

    Yeah, disinformation…

    People just share too many videos of brutal kidnappings and beating of people in broad daylight lawful mobilization actions by conscription officers there.

    And what’s even worse, people warn each other about the places where such lawful mobilization actions are taking place today, so that others can avoid them.

    Unthinkable, right?