And most chat apps are either e2e encrypted or HTTPS, both of which are hard to break for third world nations.

But leaks of those messages onto twitter are probably the most valuable info source for what the enemy is doing.

Third world? Have we forgotten the Pete Hegseth Signal fiasco?

The ship of state is the only vessel that leaks from the top.

> What do you think the chain of command looks like in the third world?

I have no idea, but Im certain that twitter recordings do not put frontline forces in disarray.

> use Telegram for basic operations

an encrypted private communication channel is very different than public social media

You have far, far too much faith in the professionalism of armed forces in the developing world. 99% of it is just random 22 year old guys with guns and dual-use communication tech.

We, as in the terminally online, have known that AI can generate imperceptibly fake footage. There are still plenty of average people who still gets caught off guard.

Yeah, and adverts only work on other people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-person_effect

Fortunately I'm from Wobegon and I'm above average: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Wobegon#The_Lake_Wobegon_...

You gotta touch grass and get outside and talk to normies.

And then recognize that the normies you talk to are VASTLY MORE internet-savvy than the illiterate child soldiers on the front lines in Yemen. You have no concept of the info environment they live in. It is all magic electronic soup.

Last time I checked, group chats in Telegram weren't e2ee.

> > What do you think the chain of command looks like in the third world?

> I have no idea, but Im certain that twitter recordings do not put frontline forces in disarray.

And yet as a counterexample: reality.