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submitted 12 hours ago by Hubi@feddit.org to c/world@lemmy.world

The effects of the ban are likely to hit the front lines in Ukraine as well, where both Kyiv and Moscow's troops have been seen using Discord to coordinate drone operations.

Several videos posted online have shown uniformed men watching surveillance drone feeds on the platform, including one clip said to have captured the interior of a command post in Bakhmut.

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[-] _bcron_@lemmy.world 75 points 12 hours ago

It's pretty wild to think they took this long to prohibit using US-based software for such sensitive information

[-] IcePee@lemmy.beru.co 59 points 11 hours ago

Maybe it took this long to develop an alternative. They now have an alternative... Right? The Kremlin wouldn't send it's citizens off to fight without being sufficiently equipped... Right?

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 12 points 9 hours ago

They have tin cans and string. So they're all set.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

Don't forget... the cans come full of potatoes so that's like two tools in one!

[-] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 hours ago

i mean they could just really easily host a matrix instance or something

[-] FrostyTrichs@walledgarden.xyz 3 points 9 hours ago

You do much video streaming on matrix? That's what they were using discord for.

[-] random_character_a@lemmy.world 16 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

They still have those wire phones with a hand crank.

Maybe Putins buddies have stocks in the wire industry.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 11 hours ago

They still have those wire phones with a hand crank.

Good, because I don't care how nice their soup cans are, there's no way a string would be able to stay taut between Moscow and Donetsk.

[-] Prizephitah@feddit.nu 4 points 11 hours ago

Relaying sensitive information over your own wires are a lot more secure then a privately owned service from a foreign country. It’s just a lot more cumbersome.

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