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In Russia they seem to be trying to make it so that everyone uses either VK or TG for communication. Life is in TG, so.
WhatsApp has not been banned yet, but WhatsApp stores metadata Signal doesn't. Signal is technically banned, but one can use it proxying it via Tor or something else.
OK, too many words.
I think it's safe to assume all power-hungry people with their hands on opportunity to spy on others are class allies, regardless of their country. That includes companies and that includes politicians and that includes bureaucrats. So - it's also safe to assume that Russian and American special services might exchange surveillance data. Police services do that when it's about criminals and criminal organizations. No reason this wouldn't work the same for 3-letter services - for some people being a honest person is a crime.
So the common wrong wisdom that it's safer for a US citizen to use TG than FBM, say, and that it's safer for a Russian citizen to use FBM than TG, is kinda useless. Power doesn't work this way, they are not eternal enemies.
What I really wanted to say is that Russian-aligned or not doesn't matter much here. Just that communications should be protected, and those trying to creep to power should have their heads broken so gruesomely that a few generations would remember how tyranny must be fought. OK, these are emotions, in fact they'll likely succeed and the planetary digital concentration camp will happen.
I could write a fucking book here and I had to delete about a chapter just to get to the point here so this would be readable.
The current Russian and US gov'ts are forces for evil in the world. If they say jump, I'm looking for a shovel.
You're not wrong that corporations are also a real problem—they are the surveillance arm of world governments. That doesn't really intersect with what I was trying to say.
Until recently, I had the luxury of knowing my government doesn't give a shit if I have queer kids. But now they do, at the same time that there is a push against encrypted communication. And I'm really paying attention to the signals (hah!) they are sending, because I'm mentally preparing for shit to turn really dark, really fast, and I don't want to be caught with my pants down.