/s3/static.nrc.nl/images/gn4/stripped/data144547180-387bf9.jpg)
Russia's domestic intelligence agency claimed Saturday that Ukraine can obtain sensitive information from troops using the Telegram app on the front line, reports Bloomberg. The fact that the claims were made through Russia's state-operated news outlet RIA Novosti signals "tightening scrutiny over a platform used by millions of Russians," Bloomberg notes, as the Kremlin continues efforts to "push people to use a new state-backed alternative."
Russia's communications watchdog limited access to Telegram — a popular messaging app owned by Russian-born billionaire Pavel Durov — over a week ago for failing to comply with Russian laws requiring personal data to be stored locally. Voice and video calls were blocked via Telegram in August. The pressure is the latest move in a long-running campaign to promote what the Kremlin calls a sovereign internet that's led to blocks on YouTube, Instagram and WhatsApp... Foreign intelligence services are able to see Russia's military messages in Telegram too, Russia's Minister for digital development, Maksut Shadaev, said on Wednesday, although he added that Russia will not block access to Telegram for troops for now.
Telegram responded at the time that no breaches of the app's encryption have ever been found. "The Russian government's allegation that our encryption has been compromised is a deliberate fabrication intended to justify outlawing Telegram and forcing citizens onto a state-controlled messaging platform engineered for mass surveillance and censorship," it said in an emailed response.
Russia's communications watchdog limited access to Telegram — a popular messaging app owned by Russian-born billionaire Pavel Durov — over a week ago for failing to comply with Russian laws requiring personal data to be stored locally. Voice and video calls were blocked via Telegram in August. The pressure is the latest move in a long-running campaign to promote what the Kremlin calls a sovereign internet that's led to blocks on YouTube, Instagram and WhatsApp... Foreign intelligence services are able to see Russia's military messages in Telegram too, Russia's Minister for digital development, Maksut Shadaev, said on Wednesday, although he added that Russia will not block access to Telegram for troops for now.
Telegram responded at the time that no breaches of the app's encryption have ever been found. "The Russian government's allegation that our encryption has been compromised is a deliberate fabrication intended to justify outlawing Telegram and forcing citizens onto a state-controlled messaging platform engineered for mass surveillance and censorship," it said in an emailed response.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
iain.davidson100 has added a photo to the pool:
iain.davidson100 has added a photo to the pool:
iain.davidson100 has added a photo to the pool:
WASHINGTON (ANP) - Een Amerikaanse taskforce die inlichtingen verzamelt rond drugskartels heeft een rol gespeeld bij de opsporing van El Mencho. Dat meldt een anonieme legerbron aan persbureau Reuters. El Mencho, de leider van het Mexicaanse Jalisco-kartel, werd zondag bij de inval gedood.
De bron gaf geen verdere details over de informatie die de taskforce zou hebben verstrekt. De functionaris benadrukte dat de inval zelf een Mexicaanse militaire operatie was. Ook een Mexicaanse regeringsbron van Reuters meldt dat Mexico de operatie heeft opgezet en uitgevoerd en dat er geen Amerikanen fysiek bij betrokken waren. Het Mexicaanse ministerie van Defensie liet weten dat Amerikaanse autoriteiten "aanvullende informatie" hebben verstrekt.
De Amerikaanse taskforce, de Joint Interagency Task Force-Counter Cartel, werd eind vorig jaar opgericht met als doel de netwerken van drugskartels aan beide kanten van de grens tussen de Verenigde Staten en Mexico in kaart te brengen.