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Actually there are reports that riot police was specifically looking at ones telegram channels to decide on the degree of your immediate punishment (yes, old sc
by democracy 6y ago
Actually there are reports that riot police was specifically looking at ones telegram channels to decide on the degree of your immediate punishment (yes, old school batons). And it was easily decrypted (phone unlocked) with a threat by the cops. I am in Belarus at the moment and can confirm telegram was not available without vpns/proxy just like any other resource. And why wouldn't it be?
- sam_lowry_ 6y agoThis is why many protesters had kill swithes on their devices to whipe them out in case they are arrested.
- democracy 6y ago...most of the detained people didn't have such switches and it's not easy to use it - just look at how quickly people get arrested - it happens within seconds, hardly enough time to even take the phone out of your pocket and unlock it.
- newsbinator 6y agoAlso they don't know they're about to be arrested. One second they're walking along a street, one of dozens of other random pedestrians, the next second six guys are literally carrying them into a van.
- sam_lowry_ 6y agoThe kill switch is used to wipe the phone when the pin is extorted from the protester. Enter a kill pin once and bye-bye.
- maqp 6y agoSource on this "kill switch"?