Iranian ‘Moderates’ Embrace Encrypted Chat During Elections
In Iran, “moderates” and “reformists” are said to have fallen in love with the controversial encrypted chat app Telegram during an important parliamentary election.
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Islamic State Creates Its Own Secure Messaging App
Islamic State supporters have explored a variety of social media tools for distributing propaganda and coordinating their efforts, most recently the Telegram app — whose owners originally refused to take action against ISIS accounts because they wanted their platform totally free of government interference but changed their stance after the Paris massacre and began blocking ISIS-related channels.
Photos of Cats with Weapons the Latest in Islamic State Youth Propaganda
At least one Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) recruiter has taken to publishing photos of his cat with explosives to attract young people to the cause of jihad.
Investigators Have Evidence Paris Attackers Used Encrypted Communications
Much discussion of encrypted online communications after the Paris terror attack has transpired, though no evidence existed that the ISIS operatives, who killed 130 people, employed such techniques–until now.
Private Chat App Telegram’s Effort to Delete ISIS Accounts Too Slow to Stop Them
The Telegram messenger application announced they blocked at least 78 Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) accounts in twelve languages. However, just like Twitter, new ISIS accounts form just as soon as the service deletes the old ones. https://twitter.com/telegram/status/667051485327458304 “We were disturbed to learn
ISIS vs. the Surveillance State: Chat App Telegram Grapples with Censorship Post-Paris
The long-running debate over privacy vs. government surveillance – which is the high-tech iteration of the ancient struggle between liberty and security – gained new urgency after the Paris terror attack. Intelligence officials across the Western world are worried that terrorists have found new means of coordinating their efforts that cannot be monitored.
