Today more often simply reading information requires paying with the loss of anonymity by registering with a phone number. #Telegram is no longer a messenger but a gated gateway: content and services exist only inside it. Many choose to build a bot instead of a simple website for their services. Identity disclosure has become currency, data a commodity. People willingly trade the open internet for a comfortable digital cage. The main ongoing attack is #durov_in_the_middle.

:thinkerguns: #technotropology