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Decompiled Russian govt “Social Monitoring” app reveals awful privacy violations
- throwaway100x 7y agoTranslation of https://t.me/itsorm/1576 https://t.me/itsorm/1576 -- - The APP gets full set of permissions, GPS, camera, locations, phone access, settings - All collected data is sent in full to the state-associated agency, no encryption, plain HTTP - Some shady foreign SaaS is used for face recognition (identix.one) - Developed by a contracting firm, and paid by the state - MAC/IMEI are disclosed via an identification QR code