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2019-12-03T09:11:11.339Z


"Every application developed in Russia poses a potential security threat," states the FBI, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, in a US court hearing on FaceApp. The main danger: ...


Have you used FaceApp? FBI states: "Potential Spyware" App

"Every application developed in Russia poses a potential security threat," states the FBI, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, in a US court hearing on FaceApp. Main danger: Russian law requiring companies to give the government access to the databases

A few months ago, the FaceApp app made headlines as it got a "glimpse" of what you'll see in a few decades. In the early days that made headlines, we reported that the app developers behind the app is a Russian company and, as it is known, Russian law requires private and public companies to allow government access to databases. Reuters is now reporting that the FBI, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, has reported that every application developed in Russia poses a "potential security threat," she said in a US court hearing on the FaceApp app.

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Ahead of the 2020 presidential election, the FBI warned candidates against using this app, and also Senate Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democratic Party leader, urged the FBI to conduct a national security audit. They also made it clear that there is no evidence that FaceApp provides user data to the Russian government, however, the FBI said that Moscow's ability to access communications applications directly over the Internet makes any application built there dangerous. "Russia's intelligence services maintain strong cyber-attack capabilities," the FBI said, adding "they are able, by local laws, to remotely access all communications and servers on Russian networks without applying to ISPs."

The app launched in 2017 and managed to rise to the headlines several times. The app was developed by Wireless Lab, a company based in St. Petersburg. Yorasov Goncharov, CEO of the company, was formerly a senior at Yandex, known as "Russian Google." Within 48 hours.

Russian involvement in local corporate applications is rising, when we reported a few days ago that Yandex agreed to cooperate with the Kremlin. Among other things, the company operates the Yango Taxi Service and Yandex Music, and even operates a local development center in Israel. Yandex, the Russian search giant, has agreed to cooperate with the Russian government and veto key decisions of the company - such as personal information security. The reorganization of the company was carried out through a "gold share", to the PIF (Public Interest Fund) group, which will protect the interests of the state, and may increase the Kremlin's oversight of Yandex, Russia's largest Internet company.

Source: walla

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