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Russia adds Apple and Microsoft to state surveillance registry

Companies must now retain user communications and provide them to Russian security agencies on request.

newest coverage 11d agosummary written 12d ago6 pieces2 likes & upvotes NewswiresMastodonHacker News

What to know

  • Russia required Apple and Microsoft to retain user communications and provide them to security agencies on request, joining other global platforms on the surveillance registry.
  • The designation requires three-year data retention for messages, audio, video, and identifying information, with penalties including fines and service restrictions for non-compliance.
  • The move fits Russia's broader pattern of restricting foreign communications services, including prior blocks on FaceTime, Signal, and Viber.
some voices

End-to-end encryption makes the surveillance requirement moot; users should encrypt communications independently.

  • “unreadable messages are useless even if a provider hands them over encrypt your private stuff yourself own your privacy”

    chryptorlabs@mastodon.social · Mastodon ↗

“Russia's communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, listed Apple and Microsoft on October 2 as "organizers of information dissemination," a classification that carries obligations to preserve communications and make data available to Russian security agencies.”

MacRumors · MacRumors ↗

Roskomnadzor Russia's communications regulatorApple Inc. Technology companyMicrosoft Corp. Technology company

How it unfolded 2 developments, newest first · click a bar or a number to jump articlesposts

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    MacRumors details Russian data retention obligations for Apple

    MacRumors reported on the implications of Apple's listing, explaining the three-year data retention requirement and the risk of fines or service restrictions for non-compliance. The article contextualized the move within Russia's broader restrictions on communications services, including the December 2025 block on FaceTime.

    1. 1 outlet Russia Places Apple on State Surveillance Registry

      first by MacRumors, 12d ago

    • chryptorlabs@mastodon.social

      Russia has added Apple and Microsoft to its state surveillance registry meaning: store users' messages, audio and video communications, and hand them to Russian security agencies on request Google Meet joined the list in January unreadable messages are useless even if a provider hands them over encrypt your private stuff yourself own your privacy…

      chryptorlabs@mastodon.socialMastodon12d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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    • charlesmok@mastodon.online

      Russia Places Apple and Microsoft on State Surveillance Registry https://www. macrumors.com/2026/10/30/apple -russian-state-surveillance-registry/

      charlesmok@mastodon.onlineMastodon11d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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    Bloomberg reports Apple and Microsoft added to Russian surveillance registry

    Bloomberg News published the story of Russia adding Apple and Microsoft to its state surveillance registry, noting the companies join other services including WhatsApp, Telegram, Snapchat, and Google on the list.

    “Russia added Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. to a registry that requires companies to retain users' communications and provide them to the security services upon request.”
    — Bloomberg News · source
    1. 1 outlet Russia Adds Apple and Microsoft to State Surveillance Registry

      first by Bloomberg Tech, 14d ago

  4. background

    Russia lists Apple and Microsoft on state surveillance registry — Roskomnadzor, Russia's communications regulator, classified Apple and Microsoft as "organizers of information dissemination" and added them to the state surveillance registry. The designation requires companies to retain communications containing audio or video and identify information for three years, and provide them to Russian security agencies on request.

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