Analysis: How the MAX app (Russia) can spy on its users

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

For Russian citizens, It’s difficult to avoid having to use it, so it looks like the best solution is to have a separate “clean” phone for personal use.

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Direct link to the analysis cited in the report: Don’t Trust the Super-App: A Case Study of Russia’s Max

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Looks and sounds a lot like google mobile services to me.

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I think a more apt comparison would be WeChat, another “super-app” that’s allegedly susceptible to full State surveillance.

Not that Google Mobile Services is a good thing, mind you. :laughing:

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I accept that the architecture differs but we also know that the big G is a government actor that appears to be ready, willing, and able to gather any information western government agencies ask for, if the price is right. The primary difference as I see it is the information gathering tool is in the hands of private investors here in the West, whereas the Russian version has been nationalised.