The number of data requests fulfilled by Telegram skyrocketed, with the company providing data to U.S. authorities on 2,253 users last year.
    • Lowpast@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      2 days ago

      Ahh yes, the “i have nothing to hide why do I need privacy” argument.

      Do you close your curtains or lower the blinds? Lock your front door? You must be a criminal.

      • Scolding7300@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 days ago
        • if you don’t that’s fine, but then your neighbor, friend, coworker might have and you’re causing them to jump through surveillance hoops
        • legal/illegal != moral
      • Soulifix@kbin.melroy.org
        120·
        2 days ago

        Yeah, I pirate. Biiiiiiiig fucking deal!

        But am I fucking going around on Telegram in child abuse or trafficking rings or some other shit? Am I part of the child pornography ring or some other shit? Get the fuck real, you moron.

        • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
          12·
          2 days ago

          Ooh, that’s spicier than even I meant. It’s illegal to drink in Saudi, it’s illegal to criticise Kim Jung Un in NK.

          They absolutely could ruin your life for that shit if they wanted.