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Tens of millions of Russians have been forced, in the last year and a half, to install on Max's phone – a "super-application of messaging and payments presented by the authorities as an alternative...
A research group from the University of Michigan has discovered that the Russian app Max can spy on its users unnoticed. The idea comes from China.
It was the year 2014. Apps to play from smartphones and tablets were experiencing their golden period. Among the most popular, in Italy, there were "My Talking Tom" and "My Friend."
A researcher calls the app the most sophisticated and terrifying surveillance method
Tens of millions of Russians have been forced, over the past 18 months, to install on their phones a new app – a blue-violet button for messaging and payments, called Max. Authorities have presented it as a patriotic alternative to Telegram and WhatsApp, and Russian stars have promoted it in rap videos and comedy moments. This summer, Max became the most used messaging app in the country, reports The Guardian.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Shin-young = Russia has been monitoring its citizens by inducing them to install applications that can act as a kind of 'backdoor' on their mobile phones...
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