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According to the founder [1], Telegram was even removed from Play Store for a few hours at the request of a South Korean competitor. For whatever reason, someb
by kijin 11y ago
According to the founder [1], Telegram was even removed from Play Store for a few hours at the request of a South Korean competitor.
For whatever reason, somebody in South Korea is seriously pissed off with Telegram.
[1] https://twitter.com/durov/status/619486763032182784 https://twitter.com/durov/status/619486763032182784
- zodiakzz 11y agoLINE is a Japanese company IIRC.
- kijin 11y agoIt is a subsidiary of Naver, the largest (and politically well-connected) portal in Korea.
- tuananh 11y agohe didn't back anything he said. as much as i like Telegram, at least show some proof when you put such strong statement.
- brobinson 11y agoHe just replied with more info on his claim: https://twitter.com/durov/status/620538556134653952 https://twitter.com/durov/status/620538556134653952
- cpncrunch 11y agoThey've been having DDoS attacks since September last year, so it seems unlikely that it's caused by a recent event. I'm surprised they haven't done anything about it before now.
- kijin 11y agoThe attack in September occurred just as a large number of Koreans suddenly moved to Telegram. The mass exodus was triggered by a surveillance scandal where a major Korean competitor was found to be handing over a large amount of user data to the government. In recent days, there's been another exodus of Koreans from domestic IM services due to the revelation that the Korean army has been a customer of Hacking Team, the Italian spyware vendor who got hacked last week. The two incidents might be related.
- nestorp 11y agoFucking assholes... Let the guys behind Telegram work, they're elevating the current level of messaging apps s big step further.