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Now your private information can go directly to the russian government using this amazing fork of google chrome.

• badname 12y ago
  Sounds like you were ok with sharing with western governments (regular chrome).
  • lern_too_spel 12y ago
    In the US and most Western countries, that data can only be accessed with a warrant or other court order. In Russia, the prosecutor can demand the data himself. Bloggers with at least 3000 followers automatically get put under surveillance (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/russian-blogger-law-puts-new-restrictions-on-internet-freedoms/2014/07/31/42a05924-a931-459f-acd2-6d08598c375b_story.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/russian-blogger-law-puts...), and the surveillance infrastructure is modern (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SORM http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SORM).
    • rev 12y ago
      You inaccurately equate the "blogger law" requirements (i.e. having to "register, disclose [blogger's] personal information and submit to the same regulations as mass media") with mass surveillance.
      • lern_too_spel 12y ago
        You're right.
    • izacus 12y ago
      You might have missed all the Snowden / NSA posts if you think the first paragraph is really true.
      • lern_too_spel 12y ago
        I didn't miss those disclosures. None of them contradict my first paragraph.
    • WorldWideWayne 12y ago
      Since when does a law stop criminals in positions of power from doing what they want to?