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Am I the only one who senses a huge bias in this article? Arab writing, citing Russians, telling "law-abiding" citizens not to download. Everything seems to be
by rostigerpudel 9y ago
Am I the only one who senses a huge bias in this article? Arab writing, citing Russians, telling "law-abiding" citizens not to download. Everything seems to be designed to scare away the "good American people".
Also...yes, you can transfer files over IMs. Yes, having good encryption protects everyone. Duh, where is the news? Maybe that's part of why the article feels extremely sensationalist to me.
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> "It's actually a challenge to use Telegram and not run into these sketchy groups."
Well, it's a challenge to use ANY messaging and not run into sketchy stuff. Just take a look at your Facebook or Twitter or Instagram or whatever timeline...
- topmonk 9y ago> Also...yes, you can transfer files over IMs. Yes, having good encryption protects everyone. Duh, where is the news? Maybe that's part of why the article feels extremely sensationalist to me. According to the article, you can upload as many files as you wish, each up to 1.5G in size to be hosted and shared publicly by telegram and you can do so anonymously. No other IM system allows for this.
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- rostigerpudel 9y agoThank you for pointing that out. I was not aware that the content is actually stored on Telegram's servers. The first example picture looked like typical link-sharing in some IM channel and I kind of overlooked the download buttons. Still, that does not change my critique of the article's style.
- empath75 9y agoAt least in the us, it’s not against the law to download pirated content, only to share it.
- yenda 9y agoI'm using telegram and I have never encountered illegal content, I suppose you have to actively looking for it