Don't Google and Apple also know the exact location of every Russian phone in the Ukraine? They should be able to trace the concentrated movements real-time, they do it for traffic congestion in the states.

Hmm. I wonder if that's being fed to the government. Now that I think about it, I realize it is almost certainly happening.

That might be an effective way to fight Russia, but I personally would start looking for alternatives if the companies I have bought from started remotely bricking my devices.

Are John Deer and Tesla still remote disabling cars if they've been repaired by an unapproved facility?

What garbage companies.

Yes

But do we really want to cut the Russian citizens off ? Their only source of information will be state propaganda... which barely mention what's happening - they are fed stuff like it's all defense against Nazis. We need to do the contrary actually - let them know what happens and on what side of history they want to be. I know it must be scary as fuck to stand up and protest there, but it's increasingly likely that it's the only way out.