While the US doesn’t force companies to install apps
The US doesn't need to. Most companies dominating the field are US based. If they weren't, the US would turn protectionist and require specific favors from them to let them operate in the USA pronto...
A lot of the grandstanding "we would never do that" stems from this dominance...
If they weren't, the US would turn protectionist and require specific favors from them to let them operate in the USA pronto...
This is already the case. They're not called favors, they're called federal laws.
However, there are no federal laws requiring the installation of software on almost anything (maybe military applications?) There is no need. The government can just go through ISPs & carriers & companies for surveillance purposes. Russia's government can do the same thing.
This move is an attempt to energize the Russian software market and not much else.
Unlike US court, Russian government or courts cannot order Apple or Google to disclose or remove information (ok, they can, but Google simply ignores their lawful requests). So the situation is non-symmetric.
Although I am against this law because probably it is there to allow spying for Russian citizens and prevent them from using secure messengers like Telegram or Tox.
That's right. Apple and Android firmware is already written by US companies complying with US laws and US court orders. They will do everything court orders so there is no need for an additional law.
And, by coincidence, companies that sell equipment with non-US firmware, are not very welcome in the country.
And, by coincidence, companies that sell equipment with non-US firmware, are not very welcome in the country.
This maybe the case for military equipment. In terms of infrastructure, I think currently its just Huawei equipment that is banned. An other countries are considering that ban too. But we use plenty of equipment from South Korea, Taiwan, EU. I bet the BIOS of most PCs are developed overseas.
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The US doesn't need to. Most companies dominating the field are US based. If they weren't, the US would turn protectionist and require specific favors from them to let them operate in the USA pronto...
A lot of the grandstanding "we would never do that" stems from this dominance...
This is already the case. They're not called favors, they're called federal laws.
However, there are no federal laws requiring the installation of software on almost anything (maybe military applications?) There is no need. The government can just go through ISPs & carriers & companies for surveillance purposes. Russia's government can do the same thing.
This move is an attempt to energize the Russian software market and not much else.
Unlike US court, Russian government or courts cannot order Apple or Google to disclose or remove information (ok, they can, but Google simply ignores their lawful requests). So the situation is non-symmetric.
Although I am against this law because probably it is there to allow spying for Russian citizens and prevent them from using secure messengers like Telegram or Tox.
That's right. Apple and Android firmware is already written by US companies complying with US laws and US court orders. They will do everything court orders so there is no need for an additional law.
And, by coincidence, companies that sell equipment with non-US firmware, are not very welcome in the country.
This maybe the case for military equipment. In terms of infrastructure, I think currently its just Huawei equipment that is banned. An other countries are considering that ban too. But we use plenty of equipment from South Korea, Taiwan, EU. I bet the BIOS of most PCs are developed overseas.