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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Saber has a number of studios across the world but that game was developed by the Saint Petersburg studio. The same is true for the other games on the engine: MudRunner and SnowRunner, as well as World War Z.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (3 children)

To be fair, the world has always been behind on its support for Ukraine and opposition to Russia. In many ways, it's what got us where we are now, as America elected Obama over McCain, Germany had close ties to Putin and built the pipeline, the Sochi Olympics were not boycotted, the invasions of Georgia and Crimea were ignored, and so on.

Even now as Ukrainians call for Russian works to be boycotted, they become top sellers, as evidenced by video games like Atomic Heart and Space Marine 2.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

How would it help if they're in Russia? The government would just take it for themselves.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Its use by neo-Nazis is well-documented. Perhaps it's not a 100% sure sign on its own, as accurately noted by the ADL, but combined with the Black Sun, there's no other interpretation.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (4 children)

OK, but what's with the article author sporting the Black Sun shirt and Thor's hammer necklace so beloved by Nazis?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So how do you start or join a secret chat on Windows?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

The story of his persecution by the Russian government reiterated throughout the article was exposed to be a total lie last month. He secretly traveled to Russia over the years, including just before Telegram was unblocked in Russia. Everything points to his secret cooperation with the government.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I've never seen anyone use Telegram's e2ee. Not even by the users outside the legal realm, to put it mildly. Not only is it opt-in but it also works in the mobile app only.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (9 children)

It has nothing to do with privacy. Telegram is an old-school social network in that it doesn't even require that you register to view the content pages. It's also a social network taken to the extreme of free speech absolutism in that it doesn't mind people talking openly about every kind of crime and their use of its tools to make it easier to obtain the related services. All that with no encryption at all.