• floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    5 hours

    Inefficient and lame, they should just backdoor every single piece of telecom equipment in their country like the Americans

  • Korkki@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2 days

    Mega messaging app with payment options

    coerced to install by fomo

    has government backdoor

    Sounds like whatsApp

    • nibbler@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      2 days

      Daniil, a university student in St Petersburg, said he reluctantly downloaded Max shortly before the start of the academic year after being told students would be denied access to university buildings or dormitories without a QR code generated through the app.

      • ramble81@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1 day

        Also includes GPS and push notifications: “Congratulations, you have been selected to join a special military operation, please do not move, your location has been reported and an officer will be coming to claim you”

    • unitedwithme@lemmy.todayEnglish
      1 day

      Slightly unrelated, FUCK PayPal, bc I tried to change my phone number a few months back and they said they can’t use VoIP numbers bc of spam. I logged on recently to close my account and what do I see?? You can update you’re phone number OR use a WhatsApp account number??? Fuck that bullshit! Why do they get special treatment? I almost thought about making a special account, but I hate Meta more than PP, so no dice. I’ll just close my account.

        • unitedwithme@lemmy.todayEnglish
          1 day

          Idk, but anything Meta is toxic AF and I don’t feel like having its services spy on me or monetize my personal data without my consent. If anyone should profit off my data, it’s ME!

  • kazerniel@piefed.worldEnglish
    1 day

    Not sure if they changed the original title or it was editorialised by OP, but the current article title is much better at highlighting the problem:

    Revealed: how Russia uses mobile ‘super-app’ Max to spy on its citizens

    Research shows tens of millions of people are being forced to use platform that amounts to ‘backdoor’ on their device