Comment on CEO of Telegram messaging app arrested in France, say French media
uis@lemm.ee 3 weeks agoWhat evidence would they have to arrest people on?
Message in big group chat and phone number. Message can for example say that war is bad, and as result you will be charhed with “discreditation of army”.
Especially now that people don’t have to share phone numbers to add a contact
Phone number that can only be obtained after showing passport.
SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
That’s fair, one reason I stay out of big groups, though you can set it not to be displayed to anyone, so I’m not fully grasping your argument.
What do you mean by passport? It will a bit, if someone doesn’t know the phone number of an account that sent a message.
uis@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Is it something new? I don’t remember it being a thing.
In certain countries(Russia) you need passport to buy SIM card.
SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Fairly new, yeah.
Oh, right, yeah, that’s bad.