Putin’s Spies Want to Know What Russians Do on Tinder and Yandex
- Companies must give security service access, authorities say
- Regulator has powers to fine, ban services that don't comply
Vladimir Putin
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Russia’s largest internet company, Yandex NV, pushed back against government demands to turn over encryption keys that would allow the security services to monitor users’ private data.
While it’s willing to cooperate with investigators seeking information to prevent crime including terrorism in line with Russian law, “this does not require the transfer of keys that are needed for the decryption of all traffic” through its services, the company said Tuesday in a statement. “The law can be enforced without violating the privacy of users’ data.”