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Telegram is indistinguishable from an FSB honeypot in c/technology@beehaw.org
Telegram is indistinguishable from an FSB honeypot in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] 1 point 1 year ago* (3 children)

For those organizations like BOAK and Resistance Committee, Telegram functions as a home page for making public announcements. It is superior to having a website because it can't be DDOS'd, has fewer attack surfaces that the organization has to be responsible to keep secure, doesn't have ICANN WHOIS reporting, or need someone's credit card on file. It's also free and benefits from the network effect of Telegram's existing popularity.

Do you think that Telegram can continue to be used for this purpose while taking additional security precautions? Or do you think the risk is too great, and no amount of precautions can justify using the service?

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    • Telegram is indistinguishable from an FSB honeypot in c/technology@beehaw.org
    [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

    Thank you for your technical work, and for patiently explaining things to people in the comments. This is a really incredible thread to encounter on the Fediverse.

    Telegram is used by anti-Putin resistance groups like BOAK and Resistance Committee. They advertise channels that are relatively easy for anyone to join without needing privileged access. As long as they're not using Russian-purchased sims to manage and post to the channels, how does this change their security model going forward?

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    The Expanse: Osiris Reborn Announcement Trailer in c/gaming@beehaw.org
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    Clinic Fire Deals Blow to Abortion Access on California-Arizona Border (theintercept.com)
     

    Excerpt:

    Although the cause of the fire is unknown, the loss of the clinic is a stinging reminder of another recent fire at a Southern California abortion clinic. On March 13, 2022, Planned Parenthood’s Costa Mesa Health Center in Orange County was firebombed with a Molotov cocktail. Last month, charges were announced against a third man for his alleged involvement in the attack. “Officials allege that Batten, along with two other men, including a U.S. marine, conspired to attack a women’s health clinic because it had provided reproductive health services,” The Guardian reported.

    Shutting Down Feminist Frequency in c/feminism@beehaw.org
    [–] 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    Feminist Frequency survived both GamerGate and a Trump presidency. That's a pretty long time when measured in hate-years.

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    The Secret Life of the 500+ Cables That Run the Internet (www.cnet.com)
     

    These cables, only about as thick as a garden hose, are high-tech marvels. The fastest, the newly completed transatlantic cable called Amitié and funded by Meta, Microsoft and others, can carry 400 terabits of data per second. That's 400,000 times faster than your home broadband if you're lucky enough to have high-end gigabit service.

    And yet subsea cables are low-tech, too, coated in tar and unspooled by ships employing basically the same process used in the 1850s to lay the first transatlantic telegraph cable. SubCom, a subsea-cable maker based in New Jersey, evolved from a rope manufacturer with a factory next to a deep-water port for easy loading onto ships.

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