Google, Apple remove Navalny app from stores as Russian elections begin

Re:Google, Apple remove Navalny app from stores as Russian e... by machomaster on Friday September 17, 2021 @06:47AM (#28563732)

0. Well, it is being done when possible. But it's not a 100% way of reaching people. 1. State terrorism. People are genuinely afraid to give their email addresses, and for a good reason. 2. Email delivery. Email doesn't work as good as you think. In addition to the typical technical email delivery problems, there are also specific to Russia. Many people are using local Russian email services. But those have shown to be dependent on Kremlin. For example Smart Voting lists had "strange" delivery problems for recipient in the mail.ru service (one of the most popular in Russia).

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Re:Google, Apple remove Navalny app from stores as Russian e... by Andrew_nenakhov on Friday September 17, 2021 @09:40AM (#28565355)

0. if you send an email with a command, 99% of mail services will not spam-filter the reply to it

1. Spare emails, like, lots of them

2. Users of mail.ru and such are their own worst enemy, and it's not like getting gmail address is particularly difficult

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Re:Google, Apple remove Navalny app from stores as Russian e... by Nemerie on Friday September 17, 2021 @02:27PM (#28569127)

> and it's not like getting gmail address is particularly difficult

Last time I checked I couldn't create a new gmail account without a new phone number.

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Re:Google, Apple remove Navalny app from stores as Russian e... by Andrew_nenakhov on Friday September 17, 2021 @03:17PM (#28569799)

For Russians, Gmail accounts aren't filtered on the orders of censorship agencies. It's only national mail services like mail.ru that belong to Putin's oligarchs that do such things

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