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So much for “Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité”. I wonder if this will help push founders more to the US.
by linotype 2y ago
So much for “Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité”. I wonder if this will help push founders more to the US.
- foverzar 2y agoUS is a no-go for a project like this. No large geopolitical power is.
- sneak 2y agoSignal has, it seems, successfully avoided being coerced by the USG, at least thus far.
- foverzar 2y agoIt literally has government funding.
- e12e 2y agoAs did (does?) TOR. I have the impression that the US intelligence services are always in an internal struggle - some parts wants and needs invisibility, deniability and secure communication - other part wants transparency for intelligence. Both realize that there is no such thing as a safe backdoor.
- foverzar 2y ago> As did (does?) TOR Yep, TOR is not a solution for hiding from western governments. That's why anything large enough out there gets wrecked as soon as someone makes an appropriate decision.
- kome 2y agothe fact that Signal had not those problems is highly suspicious, to say the least.
- juanani 2y ago[dead]
- stiltzkin 2y agoThis was the reason Telegram is based in Dubai, it was bad move from Durov flying to France.
- twelve40 2y agoNo, that doesn't matter in the least. It is trivial to kick him off the Western appstores and arrest him in Dubai, so it really doesn't matter. He was allowed to operate - almost certainly in some kind of a deal - until he wasn't.
- oska 2y agoIt's not at all 'trivial' for the EU to have him arrested in Dubai (as opposed to France).
- twelve40 2y ago1. Dubai has extradited to the EU in the past, 2. the EU can easily cripple his business and whatever assets he has in his "home" country of France in a couple of weeks. It doesn't even matter if this is about the alleged real criminal activity on Telegram or political persecution like Musk alleges, the moment Durov decided to stop playing ball his life would be miserable no matter his location.
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- maqp 2y agoYes, those three words are rally cry to support rich people breaking laws and ethics. A tech billionare hosting child porn for closer to a decade on his app isn't the context you want revolutionary slogans to shield.