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.
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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.