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by inamiyar 1771 days ago
I'm an Iranian-American and it's MASSIVE in Iran, only heard about it here and there in the US
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ChrisArchitect 1771 days ago
curious: what do you think that is? behind the trend thing? or a cultural thing? more popularity of talking on phones?
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tablespoon 1771 days ago
> curious: what do you think that is? behind the trend thing? or a cultural thing? more popularity of talking on phones?

Is it because the authorities are unaware of it and haven't blocked it, so there's a brief window where uncensored conversations can take place?

Something like that happened with Clubhouse in China: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/08/world/asia/china-clubhous...

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inamiyar 1770 days ago
I wish I could tell you, there is something to be said about 1) being live with no recording so records of dissent dont exist and 2) like the other commenter said slow government response

I suspect it's a lot of small things and social network multiplicative effect

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Telemakhos 1771 days ago
So, this is an unencrypted (not end-to-end at least), intercept-ready chat network that was popular among (a) people with social status in the US, who might be of intelligence interest (sc. Elon Musk), and (b) people in a nation state that is definitely of interest to US intelligence? Is that right?
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