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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...
Over the past 18 months, tens of millions of Russians have been forced to install a new app on their phones - a purple-blue messaging and payment button called Max.
Russia's efforts to create its own digital ecosystem independent of Western platforms continue. The latest attempt in this direction is...
In Russia, the "patriotic" equivalent of WhatsApp is required to communicate, pay and access public services. Work presented on Friday reveals the monitoring capabilities of this application supported by the Kremlin.
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