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selcuka on Feb 9, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Telegram Became the Anti-Facebook

> If telegram was weak: Jan 6th and Jihadi terrorists wouldn't use it.

You must have missed this piece [1]:

> The app was in fact secretly built by the FBI, and designed to allow law enforcement to tune into conversations between about 9,000 users scattered around Earth.

[1] https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/08/operation_ironside_an...

wolverine876 on Feb 9, 2022 [–]

The article doesn't discuss Telegram at all. How is it related?

tomjakubowski on Feb 9, 2022 | | [–]

it shows that criminal groups aren't always going to pick the most secure option for communication

wolverine876 on Feb 9, 2022 | | | [–]

In the case of the article, they got caught in a honeypot. That seems like a different risk than choosing poorly made software.

Brian_K_White on Feb 9, 2022 | | [–]

It disproves the assertion.

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