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submitted 1 month 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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[-] IcePee@lemmy.beru.co 70 points 1 month 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?

[-] random_character_a@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They still have those wire phones with a hand crank.

Maybe Putins buddies have stocks in the wire industry.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month 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 7 points 1 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.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 0 points 4 weeks 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

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

They have tin cans and string. So they're all set.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Don't forget... the cans come full of potatoes so that's like two tools in one!

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 4 weeks ago

No, no. Its a tape recorder duct taped to a drone that carries messages back and forth like a carrier pidgin

[-] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago

i mean they could just really easily host a matrix instance or something

[-] FrostyTrichs@walledgarden.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

You do much video streaming on matrix? That's what they were using discord for.

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