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Comment · 2 years ago
Xmake?
Comment · 2 years ago
Here is a Russian source (Use google translate): https://storage.googleapis.com/istories/news/2024/08/27/pave...

The DB was sold on darknet for huge money (200 000$+).

First person to report about this leak was this guy: https://t.me/zakharovchannel/1416?single

Multiple people so far have confirmed it's a real DB.

Comment · 2 years ago
Fun fact: Recently FSB database on border crossings from 2014 to 2023 was leaked online and Durov visited Russia 50 times since 2015. In fact, he was in Russia the day the telegram was unblocked. I wonder why?
Comment · 2 years ago
On a similar note, i always wanted to contribute to Firefox, but every time i looked at how to compile it i noped the fuck out of it. It's probably is doable on linux but it's sounds like a nightmare on windows.
Comment · 2 years ago
How arresting Durov restrict free speech?
Comment · 2 years ago
And? I use TG everyday. I know about the times when TG is down. as YOUR OWN links show, usually it's not just telegram who is down, so it's clear it's mass block.
Comment · 2 years ago
>After a while they just stopped trying and decided that it's less reputational damage to just let it be.

That's not true. It's legally unblocked. the reason why it was unblocked was never published. "It was unblocked because they gave up" is just your interpretation of the events. Pretty naive one, in my opinion.

Comment · 2 years ago
You're the one who is spreading FUD. Telegram was officially (legally) unblocked in 2020. There is 0 evidence there is an active force trying to block Telegram in Russia. Which is very busy blocking every non-russian platform btw. As you yourself pointed out, most likely the reason why TG was down is because of attempts to block other platforms.
Comment · 2 years ago
>It was unblocked because of the backlash from people, incl. Russian politicians who are heavy Telegram users. FSB has nothing to do with it.

Saying Russian government would give a shit about people opinions, funny joke.

Comment · 2 years ago
Except there were multiple different groups that magically happen to go private at the same time.

I'm not even going to mention how many people were arrested over telegram messages in russia.

Comment · 2 years ago
Obviously FSB is not going to make a press release and be like "We have the keys LOL" so there would never be definitive proof.

Fun fact: Telegram at some point was blocked in Russia for not giving FSB access to data. Later telegram was unblocked and is used extensively in Russia. It's not hard to figure out why it was unblocked.

Comment · 2 years ago
>I can easily guess that assholes in secret service would probably like very much to use that to blackmail him to add backdoors to telegram

Do you unironically believe it's not already backdoored for Russian government?

Comment · 2 years ago
i'm pretty sure ALGOL allowed spaces in identifiers. Probably some other old programming languages too. For the most part, it's just a tradition at this point.
Comment · 2 years ago
>No, people only invest if they see a return.

I'm talking about banks. That's literally their business. You know, to lend money.

> If the return is too low they will simply hold onto the money since interest rates can't go negative too deeply.

Who talked about interest rate? Why banks cant use THE MONEY THEY HAVE to lend/invest?

Comment · 2 years ago
You dont need "helicopter money". Just create money and spend it on something. Build roads, rails, tanks, whatever.

>That money will not end up in the hands of those who need it.

Yes, but it's irrelevant for this discussion.

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