Re:Russia Requires Apple and Google to Remove LinkedIn from ...
by rebelidealist on Saturday January 07, 2017 @02:54PM
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Anyone know how this is even technically feasible for a giant app like Linkedin to separate out a portion of their data in Russia?
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Re:Russia Requires Apple and Google to Remove LinkedIn from ...
by ryfm on Sunday January 08, 2017 @12:56AM
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it's not feasible. But it's not the point for Russian authorities, otherwise they would have to ban a lot of different sites:
a) any Internet store - like Amazon, Ebay, AliExpress you name it, as they all hold some 'private data' including name, address, cc info etc.
b) any booking site - same as Internet stores
c) any website which deals with Russian citizens - e.g. foreign embassies :)
so the point is to try to block a big Internet entity and check if there is any backslash, any reaction or any anything :)