Intelligence: In Russia, officials are forced to switch to a messenger controlled

The Kremlin head, Volodymyr Putin, instructed the Russian government to develop measures to restrict the use of foreign software in the Russian Federation, including messengers developed in “unfriendly countries”. Officials were ordered to switch to MAX, which is controlled by the Russian special services.

Source: External Intelligence Service of Ukraine

Details: According to intelligence, the META WhatsApp, which is specially attention – makes it one of the main candidates for potential locking.

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Literally: “The ambiguous situation with Telegram is also: although the messenger is of Russian origin, its alleged” independent “position and refusal to cooperate with the authorities make its status indefinite.

Power has already created a new element of a centralized digital tracking system – MAX messenger from VK. All officials were ordered to switch to MAX. The application has full access to microphone, cameras, contacts, geolocation and files. Does not turn off standard means, uses root access and system jar files-signs of harmful software. The data is automatically transmitted to the VK servers, which is controlled by the Russian special services. ”

Recall: In Russia, additional restrictions on the use of software, including messengers developed in “unfriendly countries” may impose additional restrictions.