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One of the big reasons was also the fact that they failed to ban it. They could not enforce it at all, without blocking half of the websites, because of Telegra
by dsabanin 6y ago
One of the big reasons was also the fact that they failed to ban it. They could not enforce it at all, without blocking half of the websites, because of Telegram's clever networking shenanigans, so everyone was still been able to use it (without vpn or anything).
Even russian government officials have official Telegram channels. All the "news" sources quote Telegram channels all the time. All pro-gov celebrities and stuff.
It was not a ban, but a farce that made the regime look like incapable fools. Not that they are not, but they don't want to emphasize that so much. Not that they don't, but at least not make it that obvious. Not that it isn't, but...
- bilekas 6y ago> One of the big reasons was also the fact that they failed to ban it Of course. So now that it's not banned, its no longer a tech defined as against the system. But It doesn't matter really. They don't need to have anything to send you away in Russia.
- jojobas 6y agoThey couldn't block it even taking down half of all websites, including Github. At the same time government officials kept using it, including those in charge of blocking it. It was an "old man yells at cloud" travesty from the beginning.
- maqp 6y agoThe problem is, people think Telegram ban means Telegram is secure from Russian state actors. The truth is, Russia employs hackers of their own that hack Telegram's servers without trace and read messages of anyone they find interesting.