Russia turns Orwellian even faster than the West

[cryptofriendly]

Russia Introduces New Law to Track Foreigners Using Their Smartphones

The Russian government has introduced a new law that makes installing a tracking app mandatory for all foreign nationals in the Moscow region.
This includes gathering their real-time locations, fingerprint, face photograph, and residential information. "The adopted mechanism will allow,
using modern technologies, to strengthen control in the field of migration and will also contribute to reducing the number of violations and crimes
in this area," Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of the State Duma, said. "If migrants change their actual place of residence, they will be required to inform
the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) within three working days."

A proposed four-year trial period begins on September 1, 2025, and runs until September 1, 2029.

https://duma.gov.ru/news/61435/

 

[JustAnotherNomad]

Wait till you find out that they also persecute dissidents.

 

[daniels27]

I am glad to hear that they still need apps for that in China and Russia. In the west, they just track everybody regardless.

Any any case, this is great news for all burner producers.

 

[cryptofriendly]

I am glad to hear that they still need apps for that in China and Russia. In the west, they just track everybody regardless.

Any any case, this is great news for all burner producers.

They don't really need apps for that in China anymore, there are AI enabled cameras everywhere.
But just in case, as 91.8% of Chinese use wechat (as of 2024, and the missing 8.2% are probably infants waiting for their honor phone),
their location, chats and spending preferences are all automatically monitored.
As my friend told me: there is no (low level) crime in China anymore, all the criminals left for easier pickings abroad.

 

[cryptofriendly]

Wait till you find out that they also persecute dissidents.

They arrest you for FB posts in the UK as well.
Even asking people to speak English is a hate crime now.
https://www.newsweek.com/british-police-speak-english-hate-crime-outrage-2059604

It's a clown world.

 

[Frankie]

Russia was and has been Orwellian for more than 100+ years, in fact Orwell wrote "The Animal Farm" ABOUT the USSR.

The only people who fail to see it are the clown people consuming Russian propaganda 24/7 while calling themselves "open-minded" "self-thinkers" "skeptics"

 

[PassinBy]

They arrest you for FB posts in the UK as well.
Even asking people to speak English is a hate crime now.
https://www.newsweek.com/british-police-speak-english-hate-crime-outrage-2059604

It's a clown world.

They arrest a lot of people. But there's very few convictions. The police are just harassing the general population. Which legally they're sort of required to do (not that they don't enjoy it...), but they can't then actually prosecute, let alone convict, almost any of those people.

https://thepetermccormackshow.libsyn.com/064-harry-miller-thoughtcrimes-and-the-death-of-free-speech

England should never have moved away from the pre-1900 incitement norms.

 

[Meta]

It's for foreign workers from nearby ex-USSR countries so far. Only for those who don't need visa to Russia.

Though Russia is obviously far more Orwellian than West.