Опасный мессенджер Телега — почему не стоит доверять копии Telegram

Connect Paper VPN to use your favorite Telegram app without any hassle. Use promo code TELEGA for a 10% discount: https://papervpn.club/?promocode=TELE... Telega, a "Telegram clone" that promises VPN-free and uninterrupted downloads of calls and media, is going viral in Russia. It was even promoted through official Telegram Ads, and interest in Telegram has skyrocketed amid new restrictions. Telega is a fork, meaning it's a different client for the original app: you log in to the same Telegram account, your chats and channels remain, but there's another intermediary between you and the messenger. The fork's developers promise that calls and video calls will work without a VPN, but in practice, things are more complicated: both parties need to be using Telega, and even then, users experience lag and audio issues. Telega is also linked to the VK ecosystem: technical breakdowns have mentioned domains like dal.mvk.com and calls.okcdn.ru—Odnoklassniki domains—as well as MyTracker analytics, a VK product. Plus, the app has a "built-in proxy," meaning some traffic may be routed through someone else's infrastructure. Is the convenience worth transferring trust from Telegram to a third-party app? We explore this in a new video. 0:12 — Why did Telega become popular? 0:58 — What is Telega? 1:47 — How is Telega connected to VK? 2:47 — What's wrong with "calls without a VPN"? 4:03 — Should we be afraid of Telega's blacklists? 4:46 — What data and privacy issues does Telega have? 5:44 — Will Telega save us from being blocked?