The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation (Ministry of Digital Development of Russia) announced the launch of a new convenient function of the State Service portal. According to the press service of the Ministry of Finance, now it is possible to issue permits for a number of departments in […]
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Russia brought drones to Nagorno-Karabakh, which were previously shot down in Donbass – video
The Russian military brought to Nagorno-Karabakh the Forpost and Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicles, which were previously used by Russian troops during the war in Donbas. This is evidenced by the data of the Russian Ministry of Defense. The Ukrainian military portal notes that the shooting down of the Israeli Forpost drone, which is in service […]
In Russia, they began to swear more in social networks after the ban on swearing in social networks
On February 1, amendments to the law “On information, information technology and on the protection of information” came into force in Russia, which oblige social networks to remove prohibited content, including obscene language. Analytical company “Medialogia” noted a surge in the use of obscene language in social networks just after the entry into force of […]
Google and Yandex will oblige to place social advertising in Russia
In Russia, they are preparing amendments to the law “On Advertising”, which will oblige Internet sites to show social advertising on a quota. This was reported by the Kommersant edition with reference to the draft amendments of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy. Quotas for social advertising have been discussed since the middle of […]
In Russia came into force a law banning mate in social networks
On February 1, 2021, amendments to the law “On Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection” entered into force in Russia, which significantly affect the operation of social networks. The law now obliges the administration of social networks to restrict access to or remove content prohibited in Russia within 24 hours from the moment of its […]
Dmitry Medvedev: Russia is ready to disconnect from the global Internet
Russia is technically and legally ready to disconnect from the global Internet. Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev announced this in an interview with reporters. Folk art However, the shutdown itself is not the intention of the authorities. As noted by Medvedev, this “would not be desirable” and is viewed as a […]
Foreign trackers detected in government applications in Russia
The experts of ANO “Information Culture” have analyzed the privacy of state mobile applications in Russia. According to experts, developers of government applications use the same tools, services and user tracking products as private developers. This practice leads to the fact that in mobile applications created by developers of government applications, there are a significant […]
“Carsharing” for aircraft appeared in Russia
S7 Airlines together with Yandex.Drive launched a kind of “air car sharing”. According to the press service, this is the first online service for booking passenger aircraft in Russia. The service was named S7 Select. It is promoted together with Yandex.Drive. Now users of the application see on the map not only cars, but also […]
We need more lenses and pixels: smartphones with an emphasis on the camera are chosen in Russia
M.Video-Eldorado Group has published statistics on the results of the Russian smartphone market in 2020. The driving force behind 2020, analysts say, is innovation in photography and video. The biggest growth was shown by smartphones with triple and quadruple cameras. The share of smartphones with a quad camera increased from 2% to 24.5%. The share […]
“Hole” in State Services: the vulnerability made it possible to access and change data simply by a phone number
Postuf, a cybersecurity company, has discovered a dangerous vulnerability in the Moscow State Services mobile application for Android. The vulnerability allowed using a phone number to gain access to the personal account of any user. It is noted that at the time of publication this “hole” had already been closed in the application. Using this […]
