Russlands „Spook in Your Tasche“: Die Kremlin rollt eine Messaging -App aus
https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-app-max-data-privacy-concerns-whatsapp-kremlin-china/
Russlands „Spook in Your Tasche“: Die Kremlin rollt eine Messaging -App aus
https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-app-max-data-privacy-concerns-whatsapp-kremlin-china/
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>As Russian troops grind into eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin is advancing on another front in its battle for total control. This time, the target is its own population.
>Taking a page from the Chinese playbook, Moscow is pushing its citizens to use a messaging app that gives the government access to user data, while isolating them from the rest of the internet.
>The app, called Max, has drawn comparisons to China’s WeChat for its lack of end-to-end encryption and a privacy policy that allows authorities to access personal information such as chat logs, contacts, photos and location data.
Well, shit.
Now Trump’s going to go „this is a great idea“ and hell at someone to make it happen.
This app is heavily pushed by Russian Influencers at the behest of the government (They don’t exactly have a choice). Most Russians are well aware of this and have openly mocked the app and mocked the „marketing“ attempts. Initially, the app had a score of ~2/5 stars. Now it supposedly has a score of ~4.4/5 stars. The sudden change in score is widely attributed to bots and government interference.
However, as Russia continues its crackdown, it may still be able to force users to use it by forcing installation on phones or forcing all government and banking to be tied to it.
This is going to be new normal for the countries who can do this, for example India. USA and trump can use the US apps to pressurize them, even put sanctions and suddenly stop their access. so countries would try to develop their own.
It’s reaching a point where having a „smart“ phone or social media account feels harmful to your life.
Blyat app
I hope a few hacks at a central point on the app servers will provide more information about Russia.
we should not forget that there is an initiative in EU that also wants to establish surveillance of private communications [https://fightchatcontrol.eu/](https://fightchatcontrol.eu/)
That’s one they got from us this time.
Russia being 15 years behind on domestic surveillance isn’t a surprise.
People just finding out that domestic surveillance exists is pretty surprising.
I bet the EU is taking notes.