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.

  • Random_Character_A
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    1 month ago

    They still have those wire phones with a hand crank.

    Maybe Putins buddies have stocks in the wire industry.

    • Flying SquidM
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      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.

    • @[email protected]
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      71 month 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.

    • @[email protected]
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      01 month ago

      You know there’s phones that don’t need a crank? The voice itself can be used to power the transmission. Its actually brilliant tech for a situation like this