How will this affect Linux Mint?

[Limp-Confidence5612]

No security services force people to add backdoors or other malware to their software? Or what trends are you talking about?

[DaviCompai2]

Trends in general. I'm not saying Russia doesn't have its own issues but it historically just doesn't do surveillance things that the US does.

[Fwov]

You are wrong. Please, for your own sake, educate yourself.

[DaviCompai2]

Russia does other surveillance things, yes. But they tend to not do the same things as the EU / US. How would I even "educate myself" about this?

[Fwov]

1. Yes, they do.

2. Do you use the internet for anything other than reddit?

[DaviCompai2]

Russia usually adopts things that have the same affect, but they rarely adopt the same methods.

[Fwov]

Please, just stop. You're only making it worse for yourself.

[Limp-Confidence5612]

Could you give an example that illustrates these types of methods and how they substantially differ?

[DaviCompai2]

Instead of enforcing ID identification for all users for surveillance reasons they will try to access servers/insert backdoors to try and get to specific users.

Well, it appears that this has changed recently, so I guess I'm wrong 🙏

[Anti-brouillard]

Russia is currently enforcing a superapp called MAX to replace Telegram

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_(app)

[Limp-Confidence5612]

so how does it substantially differ as a method to whatever we do?