Russia orders state-backed Max messenger app to be pre-installed on new phones

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• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  russians are good at tech/hacking im sure the layperson can find away to disable it.

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• OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Only a matter of time before it’s renamed to HBO Max

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• SW42@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  So we’re actually there…

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• artyom@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Seems legit

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  • Hirom@beehaw.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    state media says it is not a spying app

    State media has very specifically denied it. That’s quite suspicious.

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• WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Everyone knows that if it’s a real spying app that they have to tell you

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• Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  UK taking notes, this will make phones safer for children right?

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  • tarknassus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Don’t give them any more ideas!

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• passwordforgetter@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  My friend over there says they will somehow force its installation even on iPhones.

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• m532@lemmygrad.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Sounds reasonable, if the goal is to get the people off the enemy’s spyware. Like, whatsapp is probably a threat to national security.

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