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Ukraine Bans Telegram Use For State, Military Officials. (www.rferl.org)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Might delay the daily numbers a bit for me, but an understandable decision

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I presume this will have zero effect, especially since it includes this huge exemption.

Those who use Telegram "part of their job duties" will not be affected by the move.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago

I read that as 'Intel agents scanning Telegram for Russian info' were exempt.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What are they going to use instead? WhatsApp?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Signal

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

No way... are you just memeing or are they really going to use Signal?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ukraine's army has already been using Signal for communication since 2022, and they were banned from using Telegram. Now this ban has simply been extended to officials. The signal is quite popular in Ukraine because of all this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Interesting. I had no idea. I thought it was going to be something they owned themselves to control security. From what I understand Signal can't be hosted by anybody but Signal.

Anyway... pretty cool.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Well, as far as I know, the army has its own methods of communication, of course, just as a civilian I do not know much about it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Why wouldn't they, it's the obvious choice. Should have been using it the whole time.