According to Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service, WhatsApp, owned by Meta tech giant, is a likely target for blocking.
  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    16 days ago

    All Russian officials have been ordered to switch to Max, an app that reportedly has full access to the microphone, camera, contacts, location, and files on a user’s device.

    According to Ukrainian intelligence, the data is automatically transmitted to servers linked to Vkontake (VK) — a popular Russian social network that was created by Durov in 2006 and is now de facto controlled by Russian authorities

    I wonder if they get to have a personal phone that doesn’t have Max installed on it.

    • ma1w4re@lemmy.zip
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      16 days ago

      Only if you bought a Chinese model from China. All phones sold in russland now require this malware to be pre-installed