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I'm an Iranian-American and it's MASSIVE in Iran, only heard about it here and there in the US
by inamiyar 5y ago
I'm an Iranian-American and it's MASSIVE in Iran, only heard about it here and there in the US
- Telemakhos 5y agoSo, this is an unencrypted (not end-to-end at least), intercept-ready chat network that was popular among (a) people with social status in the US, who might be of intelligence interest (sc. Elon Musk), and (b) people in a nation state that is definitely of interest to US intelligence? Is that right?
- ChrisArchitect 5y agocurious: what do you think that is? behind the trend thing? or a cultural thing? more popularity of talking on phones?
- tablespoon 5y ago> curious: what do you think that is? behind the trend thing? or a cultural thing? more popularity of talking on phones? Is it because the authorities are unaware of it and haven't blocked it, so there's a brief window where uncensored conversations can take place? Something like that happened with Clubhouse in China: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/08/world/asia/china-clubhouse-blocked.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/08/world/asia/china-clubhous...
- inamiyar 5y agoI wish I could tell you, there is something to be said about 1) being live with no recording so records of dissent dont exist and 2) like the other commenter said slow government response I suspect it's a lot of small things and social network multiplicative effect