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2019-11-06 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russian lawmakers back push to make local apps mandatory on smartphones

[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Russian lawmakers on Tuesday backed legislation in a preliminary vote that would require all smartphones, computers and smart TV sets sold in Russia to come pre-installed with Russian software.

The bill seeks to help Russian IT firms compete with foreign companies and would allow the government to designate certain
locally-produced software as mandatory for devices sold in the country.
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Lawmakers in the lower house of parliament say the bill would also benefit Russian consumers, as it will spare them having to download domestic software upon purchasing new technology.

The bill proposes fines for companies that sell devices without pre-installed Russian software of up to 200,000 roubles ($3,155) starting from January 2021.

Russia’s cellphone market is dominated by foreign companies Apple, Samsung and Huawei products.

In August, Russian internet group Mail.ru said it was in talks with Huawei about the possibility of having its software pre-installed on the Chinese firm’s devices.

The proposal will only become law if it is backed in two more votes by the lower house of parliament and then approved by the upper house and President Vladimir Putin.

Moscow is trying to expand control over the internet and reduce its dependence on foreign companies and countries.

Posted by Fred 2019-11-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Don't want Google/Microsoft/Facebook spying on our citizens..........that's our job.

Posted by Mercutio 2019-11-06 09:39|| 2019-11-06 09:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Try the shoe on the other foot test.

Reverse the situation and imagine that every device we use requires us to give sensitive personal information the Chinese tech firms, or Israeli or Russian etc firms.

Do you believe that we would even consider this for a nanosecond?

Posted by Lex 2019-11-06 09:44|| 2019-11-06 09:44|| Front Page Top

#3 It doesn't?

Posted by Crereth Craling2878 2019-11-06 10:27|| 2019-11-06 10:27|| Front Page Top

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