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Better a GRU-managed honey pot than a CIA-managed honey pot. My country is a vassal to the US, not the Russians, and GRU power over me is considerably less thre
by DocTomoe 4y ago
Better a GRU-managed honey pot than a CIA-managed honey pot. My country is a vassal to the US, not the Russians, and GRU power over me is considerably less threatening.
- fritigern 4y agoNot to mention the Durov brothers are exiled from Russia after Russia took VKontakte from them.
- valeg 4y agoNice cover, close Putin's ally has also provided him with 250 million to make the app. Follow the money.
- dmix 4y agoI feel the same way about TikTok. I'd rather have a Hong Kong based company with a threat of Chinese interception because I don't give a shit if the Chinese have my data (at least I dont yet). I do care about using US/Canada/UK/German/etc apps where you know at least 75% of your data is ending up in some database of a country you live in or your country is has a free-wheeling data sharing policy (with some rubber stamp exceptions which foreign partner interception easily bypasses).
- vegai_ 4y agoThere's no imaginable way that that's better, unless you're engaging in actual treason.