{"id":19851,"date":"2025-08-22T08:37:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T06:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/22\/russia-orders-state-backed-max-messenger-app-to-be-pre-installed-on-new-phones\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T08:37:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T06:37:27","slug":"russia-orders-state-backed-max-messenger-app-to-be-pre-installed-on-new-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/22\/russia-orders-state-backed-max-messenger-app-to-be-pre-installed-on-new-phones\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia orders state-backed Max messenger app to be pre-installed on new phones"},"content":{"rendered":"

Critics say Max, a WhatsApp rival, could be used to track users, though state media says it is not a spying app<\/p>\n

A Russian<\/a> state-backed messenger application called Max, a rival to WhatsApp<\/a> that critics say could be used to track users, must be pre-installed on all mobile phones and tablets bought in the country starting next month, the Russian government said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The decision to promote Max comes as Moscow, locked in a standoff with the west over Ukraine, is seeking greater control over the internet. The Kremlin said in a statement that Max, which will be integrated with government services, would be on a list of mandatory pre-installed apps on all \u201cgadgets\u201d, including mobile phones and tablets, sold in Russia<\/a> from 1 September. The firm behind Max said this week that 18 million users had downloaded its app, parts of which are still in a testing phase.<\/p>\n

Continue reading…<\/a>
\nCritics say Max, a WhatsApp rival, could be used to track users, though state media says it is not a spying app
\nA Russian state-backed messenger application called Max, a rival to WhatsApp that critics say could be used to track users, must be pre-installed on all mobile phones and tablets bought in the country starting next month, the Russian government said on Thursday.
\nThe decision to promote Max comes as Moscow, locked in a standoff with the west over Ukraine, is seeking greater control over the internet. The Kremlin said in a statement that Max, which will be integrated with government services, would be on a list of mandatory pre-installed apps on all \u201cgadgets\u201d, including mobile phones and tablets, sold in Russia from 1 September. The firm behind Max said this week that 18 million users had downloaded its app, parts of which are still in a testing phase. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Critics say Max, a WhatsApp rival, could be used to track users, though state media says it is not a spying app A Russian state-backed messenger application called Max, a rival to WhatsApp that critics say could be used to track users, must be pre-installed on all mobile phones and tablets bought in the country …<\/p>\n

Russia orders state-backed Max messenger app to be pre-installed on new phones<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":19852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19851"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}