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First time I have ever seen this actually being discussed online. Twenty or so of my friends of friends use Telegram. None of them use it for mundane things su
by sidkhanooja 9y ago
First time I have ever seen this actually being discussed online.
Twenty or so of my friends of friends use Telegram. None of them use it for mundane things such as chatting. You name the content, you have a channel for it, ergo you have direct download links for it.
But how is this any worse than downloading illegal content through torrents (TPB et al.)?
EDIT: Should have worded this more correctly. I am not a participant in pirating stuff through Telegram, my friends are; I use it for Android stuff (Substratum, custom ROM support, etc.).
- lloeki 9y ago> Twenty or so of my friends of friends use Telegram. None of them use it for mundane things such as chatting. Alternate anecdata: twenty or so of my friends use Telegram. All of them use it for mundane things† such as chatting, none for piracy. It hasn't even crossed the mind. † We use it as an alternative to Facebook/Facebook groups/Instagram/Messenger.
- thecatspaw 9y agoThe only thing I've done on telegram remotely related to piracy was moving a (admitedly torrented) video from one machine to another. Use it daily for communication
- Akujin 9y agoI didn't consider using it for piracy cause I didn't even know Telegram had groups. Heh. Talk about drawing attention.
- cornholio 9y agoI see they are using the built-in download feature. So video content is stored on Telegram file caching servers? That would make Telegram a direct participant in the ilicit trade. Once a group reaches a certain size and it is public, it's impossible to claim "they are just some friends trading private files thorough a neutral communication app". Telegram becomes a bona fide pirating app, and the "uploaders" just minor co-conspirators.
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