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2mo ago

Russia prepares to get rid of WhatsApp and possibly Telegram: Parliament passed a law pertaining to a national messaging app

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Russia prepares to get rid of WhatsApp and possibly Telegram

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2mo ago

Russia prepares to get rid of WhatsApp and possibly Telegram: Parliament passed a law pertaining to a national messaging app

advox.globalvoices.org /2025/06/20/russia-prepares-to-get-rid-of-whatsapp-and-possibly-telegram/

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As much as I'd love to get rid of SMS and email, there's no way Russia isn't collecting and processing all of the information in this app.
Why don't they just adopt WeChat /s
I hope this garbage fails and gets hacked. Not using it even with a gun pointed at my head. Russian "kulibins" can't innovate, all they do is create broken garbage.
- Not using it even with a gun pointed at my head.
  Why? You can use it to send messages to random numbers till the gun is pointed elsewhere.
  
  Having government apps on my phone physically makes me ill, it feels like I have worms in my butt. I can't describe it with other words. I hate my government with passion.
  Probably gonna have to buy a burner phone though, and do what you said. Seems like there is no escaping it...
Back to IRC for them.

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