Igor Bederov, head of the information and analytical research department of T.Hunter, told Gazeta that amendments to the law “On operational search activity” in some cases will allow security forces to read personal correspondence of Russians without a court order. ru.
“Access to any information is only possible when it comes to state security or the fight against terrorism. In this case, the reading of letters and messages can be done with the court’s notice before the trial or within 24 hours from the start of the case.
According to the expert, we are talking about access to all information held by providers, telecom operators and large IT companies.
“I believe that Russia is gradually moving towards creating an identification system based on electronic digital traces,” added Bederov. The expert explained that the need for such a system is “already 10 years old.”
He expressed the view that the task of the draft of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is to identify those who are currently unidentified, but who are in Russia. Bederov noted that such an approach would allow not to communicate with foreign social networks and foreign VPN services that would not provide information anyway.
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