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[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

State media says accusations from Kremlin critics that Max is a spying app are false and that it has fewer permissions to access user data than rivals WhatsApp and Telegram.

Lol. So what? The messages are going to be intercepted and fully accessible by the Kremlin. That's the whole point of this exercise.

I don't think you can call it an interception, as it's using their servers so there's no need for interception, you directly send them the messages.

Maybe their answer would work on people with 0 tech knowledge. It's safe! And they won't even stop you in the street to read your messages, so it's even convenient!

[–] redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

Also the US, China and probably Israel just because they can. Central hackable database of all the texts and calls