[1/2] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/18/russian-super-app-max-spy-citizens
Putin has ordered Russians to use a new communication/surveillance app and various institutions are pressuring people to switch to it for various purposes. It implements full surveillance of most activities on the phone. It fully demonstrates the Orwellian potential of the nonfree software and malicious hardware in those devices. If I needed to use such an app to get into school buildings and my dorm, I
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