Many don't seem to understand why I object to @Telegram having unsafe, censorable public channels in an app that is promoted as a secure messenger. Some presumed I just don't understand how channels work. So let's talk about it:
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You can't keep an independent, destabilizing service from being blocked in authoritarian regimes, you can only delay it. So you need to be thinking about how to continuing protecting people by making the service accessible *even after the block.*
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And this is where we start getting to my core concerns.
@Telegram has for years faced criticisms about the basic structure of its security by prominent cryptographers and technologists. Many defenses rely upon unbroken trust in a central authority (the company). "Trust us."Show this thread -
Trust us not to turn over data. Trust us not to read your messages. Trust us not to close your channel. Maybe
@Durov is an angel. I hope so! But angels have fallen before. Telegram should have been working to make channels decentralized—meaning outside their control—for years.Show this thread -
We've seen some improvements, and that's not nothing. But not the revolutionary rework it needs. Telegram still seems to encourage dangerous cloud messaging instead of secret chats. Experts ask "why?" And the answer is "convenience." That's unsafe.
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Governments learn slowly, but they do learn. There comes a day when it will be too late to fix these problems, and I fear it is sooner than we think.
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Since Telegram and any other program is a binary (often with code one can compile too), the notion of a 'ban' on those assumes civil disobedience cannot exist when installing software (which is BS). The US has long (>decade) to also ban "export" of encryption. Unenforceable.
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It seems it's a very big deal for Durov to keep his servicer alive in Iran even with collaboration with Iranian government publicly! https://twitter.com/durov/status/854472773137256448 … and it's funny at some point they promoted proxy tools for their own users to get out of blocking. http://telegra.ph/Telegram-Calls-in-Iran-NEWS …
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But they did block a channel which was violating Telegram rules. They wouldn't block a legal channel, would they?
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Completely agree with what you are saying, secure messaging is a right of every citizen and what Telegram is doing for the Iranian government goes against what the premise of the app is.
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Our government has a good relationship with Russia and maybe when national security is on danger, these two countries try to control telegram or bring it under control. It is because of anonymity of telegram IDs and channels' admins unlike Whatsapp which works with numbers.
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does it mean this is a dead-end for telegram in Iran?
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Love u Edward
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Point is there is a red line and it is spreading violence and encouraging civilians to making Molotov coctails to use against the police.
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Forced from Russia for being a spy app for US regime change..like Iran.
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درود برشما
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