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Telegram is blocked in Russia, but WhatsApp still works. Why?
by kome 7y ago
Telegram is blocked in Russia, but WhatsApp still works. Why?
- anticensor 7y agoThey lack the necessary computational power to look at the messages and store them in plain text.
- floatboth 7y agoIt's way too popular, too many people would get angry. Telegram was just the right size — not so tiny that only a few nerds use it, but not so big that the majority of normies have adopted it. And there was sort of a personal conflict, government people don't like Pavel Durov..
- orthoxerox 7y agoTelegram still works as well. It's technically banned, but works thanks to its blocking countermeasures.
- Nasreddin_Hodja 7y ago> It's technically banned, but works thanks to its blocking countermeasures. Mobile version only. You have to use proxy or VPN for desktop or web app.
- another_kel 7y agoYou have to use vpn to access the website which contains the web version but only desktop installer. The app itself works just fine. Futhermore it can be downloaded from W10 or OSX app store with the only limitation being lack of autostart.
- demosito666 7y agoTelegram works just fine and is only becoming more popular.