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Only the apps for TikTok, WeChat, and Telegram are being blocked and removed, not the websites, and only from state property. There's a privacy and security (r
by washadjeffmad 4y ago
Only the apps for TikTok, WeChat, and Telegram are being blocked and removed, not the websites, and only from state property.
There's a privacy and security (read: espionage) concern with the apps right now.
- endianswap 4y agoAccording to TFA they're blocked from being accessed from school wi-fi, not only from state property.
- washadjeffmad 4y agoNot accurate in Georgia. I can VPN into two institutions and access those domains, and so far one of the Networking teams says they've been given no order to block by DNS or IP. They also have no separate VLAN for student wifi.
- ffssffss 4y agoThe two schools are University of Oklahoma and Auburn University.
- washadjeffmad 4y agoThe article explicitly mentions the University System of Georgia.
- someNameIG 4y agoWhat security/espionage concerns does Telegram have?
- washadjeffmad 4y agoMy assumption is because it was developed by a Russian, and someone in the US government is worried that the communications or e2ee could be compromised by another nation. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/telegram-encryption-end-to-end-features https://www.wired.co.uk/article/telegram-encryption-end-to-e...
- sahkopoyta 4y ago> e2ee could be compromised by another nation Which is not even enabled on regular conversations.. only on specifically created secret chats
- washadjeffmad 4y agoIt also looks like not long ago apps were able to collect and transmit the contents of clipboards on iOS and Android.