Russia orders state-backed Max messaging app preinstalled on all devices

[Roach182]

Russia is in the active war state, and during such times, tightening security like this is normal. Once the war ends, the extra measures of security will be retired.

War? Don't you mean "special operation"? Lol, careful how you word things or you will have a visit from Putin's thought police.

 

[ScottSoapbox]

Russia is in the active war state, and during such times, tightening security like this is normal. Once the war ends, the extra measures of security will be retired.

LOL that is the same thing Palpatine told the galactic senate before becoming the emperor.

Other real world tyrants too because that is what the power hungry always promise. But liberty lost is never easily regained.

 

[SRB]

Look at the bright side, the moderators here let people ramble about countless daft theories put forth from the tin foil hat crowd without a peep. But God forbid someone passes judgement or refers to them as "id10tic" the mods (or system here) will censor you quicker that you can count to 3.

I'd prefer the discussion be about technology and free speech, rather than a #@%@ contest over which side of OUR government aligns with Putin, Maduro, Xi, Mullahs, or the countless other REAL dictatorships or countless conspiracy theories.

The comparisons are totally absurd.

 

[toooooot]

Seriously, propaganda and PR turn some people's minds to mush.
30-year country? I think from the first millennium to 2025, there's a little over 30 years.
Forced to go to war? No one there is forced to go to war. Anyone who wants to can enlist and sign a contract with their army. Unlike a certain other country where manhunts for cannon fodder in the streets are a disgrace.
Really? Are you asking something like that from that last country?

I read multiple stories describing young men taken from the street and put into dirt pits where they would be threatened to be killed daily if they do not "enlist." I actually read stories from relatives of some of these men who were killed after they kept refusing to sign the contract. If you "were unaware" of this or how Russia works in general, there are only 2 reasons for your "ignorance." I do not think each requires an explanation, as they are both well known.

 

[WaphleStomp]

[Device user uninstalls program.]
Putin: DOH!!!