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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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[-] drathvedro@lemm.ee 1 points 5 minutes ago

This is absolutely bizarre and a disgrace to the Russian military that this was even a thing. Like, Russia has complete in-house comm systems, all the way down to the silicon. They're as elegant as charcoal clothing iron, but at least they're secure. In fact, they're so paranoid about NSA plants that they even force businesses to use in-house encryption to submit accounting reports. And then the same idiots allow risking lives of officers by using random software in a command center...

Though I feel like the response is also far from best. There are numerous alternatives they can switch to, so the ban is mostly going to only hit innocent gamers. It'd be much more impactful if they just silently handed access to those channels over to Ukrainians.

[-] N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 7 hours ago

Don't worry, Russian military. I know a company in Hungary that sells pagers and walkie-talkies in bulk to facilitate communication.

[-] mhague@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago

There can't seriously be respectable, noteworthy people in Russia saying that banning Discord is a mistake because it helps the Russian military. That's bizzaro world stuff even for them.

[-] YeetPics@mander.xyz 10 points 6 hours ago

Why doesn't Russia just use the Russian state-sponsored communication platform?

What do you mean 80 year old radios keyed to commercial bands aren't adequate in 2024?!?!

[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 18 points 7 hours ago

Russians using Telegram and Discord reaks of a ridiculously high level of incompetence...

Their military communications are not private at all? They have no encrypted messaging platforms? Like WTF

[-] BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.world 17 points 7 hours ago

Early in the war one of their generals was bombed off the face of the earth because troops at his location were using their regular old cellphones for military coordination. Russian communication issues have been a huge stumbling block for them this whole time.

[-] _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.

[-] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 11 hours ago

so much for second best army in the world

[-] Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 48 points 10 hours ago

*Second best army in Ukraine.

[-] SARGE@startrek.website 38 points 10 hours ago

Second best army in Russia

[-] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 8 hours ago

At this point probably the third best army in Russia, wasn't there reports of North Korean soldiers on the front lines?

[-] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 hours ago

4th the daily mail was on the front lines for a short stint

[-] vinniep@lemmy.world 13 points 10 hours ago

*Second best army in Russia

[-] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 hours ago
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