• mFat
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    2 years ago

    Yes, it saw a surge in popularity after last year’s protests as the government blocked Whatsapp. Telegram had already been blocked. For messaging most people still use telegram with proxies and VPNs.

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      2 years ago

      Do folks have access to Signal? It’s too bad it doesn’t support E2E SMS encryption anymore like it did as TextSecure. I think there are forks though.

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        2 years ago

        Nobody uses it. It’s completely blocked and has much less features compared to Telegram.

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          2 years ago

          Interesting. Thanks for the insight!