r/europe • u/Dry_Row_7050 • 3d ago

News Kremlin-Mandated Messaging App Constantly Spies On Users

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2025/08/26/kremlin-whatsapp-rival-is-designed-to-spy-on-users/
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u/yksvaan 3d ago

Pretty much every app collects as much data as legitimately possible. Some even more than that. Needless to say, when government creates the app who's to say what it can collect or not...

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u/ViruliferousBadger 3d ago

“Legitimately”

In russia? “Law” is what putler wants it to be, LOL!

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u/yksvaan 3d ago

Yes? It's legitimate according to their laws. Or at least practices.