The Russian government has introduced a new law that makes installing a tracking app mandatory for all foreign nationals in the Moscow region.
The new proposal was announced by the chairman of the State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, who presented it as a measure to tackle migrant crimes.
Using a mobile application that all foreigners will have to install on their smartphones, the Russian state will receive the following information:
- Residence location
- Fingerprint
- Face photograph
- Real-time geo-location monitoring
The proposal hasn’t reached its final form yet, and specifics like what happens in the case of device theft/loss or similar technical or practical obstacles are to be addressed in the upcoming period during meetings between the Ministry and regional authorities.
The mass-surveillance experiment will run until September 2029, and if deemed successful, the mechanism will extend to cover more parts of the country.
lol, who would go to Russia?
I mean, right? Mostly the article’s relevant because, like another commenter said, watch for that to happen in the US.
Edit: I guess people visiting family might count as foreigners for the purpose of this.
I’m sure many countries will employ something similar, and if enough do, I will never travel again lol
And the States will do something similar in 3…2…
We don’t need to. Most of us are volunteering all of our data to Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Facebook (and others… how is that meal deal at McDonald’s? Need to track that Amazon shipment?). The government could just buy it but most likely those services are setting up API’s to respond to requests so that the current administration doesn’t set its sights on them. Check here to pinky-swear that you have a warrant or other authorization to the data!
Oh… Just wait…
US will do the tracking app also if they can devise a way at all possible…
All the surveillance isn’t enough surveillance when you’re the kind of paranoid snowflake pussies these scared little shits are.
🤡 🖕
