Google is officially leaving Russia
Google is officially done with Russia, after the government seized its local bank accounts and made continuing operations there impossible. “The...
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VPN downloads in Russia have skyrocketed
The number of Virtual Private Network (VPN) users in Russia has skyrocketed since the country's invasion of Ukraine in late...
Lawsuit alleges Apple should have to pay damages to consumers for suspending Apple Pay in Russia
A law firm in Russia has filed a lawsuit against Apple, seeking 90 million roubles ($1.28 million) in damages. The...
Apple Pay in Russia: Suspension of service leads to lawsuit against iPhone maker
Apple Pay in Russia was last month suspended by the Cupertino company as one of a range of sanctions against...
CleanMyMac X now tuned to find and remove spyware from Russia and Belarus to protect users’ data
CleanMyMac X by developer MacPaw is releasing a new category today called Suspicious Apps in its Uninstaller module that quickly...
Millions of smartphones send metadata to servers in Russia
Web services provider Yandex has admitted that it stores user metadata in Russia-based servers, raising concerns that the government in...
Yandex is sending data harvested from millions of iOS users to Russia
A report today says that ‘Russian Google’ Yandex is sending data harvested from millions of iOS app users to Russia...
Apple Closes Loophole That Allowed Mir Cardholders to Use Apple Pay in Russia
Apple this week suspended its Apple Pay service for the Mir card payment system in Russia, effectively closing a loophole...
Russia is blocking more and more VPNs
Since the beginning of its invasion of Ukraine, Russia has forced Google to delist over 36k URLs that link to...
Russia VPN usage continues to soar
As VPN services allow users to bypass geo-blocking and get around internet restrictions, it's no surprise that VPN usage in...
