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Elephant in the Room: Russian Servers
Apr. 8th, 2022 01:27 pmNo one on the American side of the Atlantic Ocean is taking about the Elephant in the Room. It is this: LiveJournal's ("LJ") Servers are based on the VKontakte backbone.
Yes, a LARGE number of American users jumped off LJ a few years back when it was announced the move.
Yes, there is a fear that Russian will use this for nefarious reasons; see Russia Times, or RT, news network for classic example. Lots are coming over to Dreamwidth, based in the good ole US of A.
And perhaps the biggest fear is the RVS (the new "friendlier face" of KGB) will spy upon us; or worse, Homeland Security, NSA or FBI might (or any other Alphabet soup acronym).
Here is my two cents - The average Russian internet use is FAR more sophisticated internet user, better versed in networks and very skilled in revenge on networks.
I'm not so worried about the Russian side, I don't plan on ruffling feathers. I have more concerns about the AMERICAN SIDE.
Yes, a LARGE number of American users jumped off LJ a few years back when it was announced the move.
Yes, there is a fear that Russian will use this for nefarious reasons; see Russia Times, or RT, news network for classic example. Lots are coming over to Dreamwidth, based in the good ole US of A.
And perhaps the biggest fear is the RVS (the new "friendlier face" of KGB) will spy upon us; or worse, Homeland Security, NSA or FBI might (or any other Alphabet soup acronym).
Here is my two cents - The average Russian internet use is FAR more sophisticated internet user, better versed in networks and very skilled in revenge on networks.
I'm not so worried about the Russian side, I don't plan on ruffling feathers. I have more concerns about the AMERICAN SIDE.
