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Telegram is indistinguishable from an FSB honeypot (rys.io)
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Investigation by investigative journalism outlet IStories (EN version by OCCRP) shows that Telegram uses a single, FSB-linked company as their infrastructure provider globally.

Telegram's MTProto protocol also requires a cleartext identifier to be prepended to all client-server messages.

Combined, these two choices by Telegram make it into a surveillance tool.

I am quoted in the IStories story. I also did packet captures, and I dive into the nitty-gritty technical details on my blog.

Packet captures and MTProto deobfuscation library I wrote linked therein so that others can retrace my steps and check my work.

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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Which is more toxic?

The one that contains the most aggression.

Aggression isn't toxicity. The logical consequence of your stance is negative peace, and broken stairs.

Do most of those strangers know that you are receiving hundreds of requests? They’re strangers, so I’m betting on no.

Sure they do, because I tell them. The screenshot you posted is proof that I inform them.

The rest of this is needless language policing.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago

    Aggression isn’t toxicity.

    Subjective. “A toxic person is anyone whose behavior upsets you and adds negativity to your life.”
    Asking a simple question and out of the blue getting a response intermixed with full caps and "fucking" would be enough to add negativity to many if not most people's lives. Also the unyielding need to defend one's doing so doesn't help to convey the converse.

    Do most of those strangers know that you are receiving hundreds of requests? They’re strangers, so I’m betting on no.

    Sure they do, because I tell them. The screenshot you posted is proof that I inform them.

    You "inform" them afterwards, therefore they didn't know.

    The rest of this is needless language policing.

    Not sure what the definition of "language policing" is, but welcome to the Internet. You're free to be crude or toxic while others are free to point out it out, which is rarely needless.

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