[berekuk]

Yes. Any social network, instant messenger or anything else which uses crypto will have to share keys so that government can decrypt "anything they like".

So, Facebook will either comply, or it'll have to pay the fine (800k-1m rubles ≈ $15000), or it will be banned.

The law also prescribes for all "organizers of information distribution" to store the voice call recordings for 6 months and to store metadata for 3 years. Nobody is sure what "organizers of information distribution" means, but at the very least it includes all phone calls and instant messages.

Yes, it's crazy.

[drzaiusapelord]

>Yes, it's crazy.

Seems to me if you vote in Putin and applaud his oppressive autocratic government, then you'll get stuff like this. Not sure what the long-range plan here, but total autocratic control by the executive branch with zero oversight is clearly on the immediate roadmap.

This is further evidence that the west needs to disengage economically from Russia as much as possible. Facebook would be selling Russians to the FSB torture squads. There are real human rights concerns here that Western companies should not be part of. I can't imagine all these EU human rights laws allowing this. It'll be interesting how this all unfolds, but if Russians think this shit will get them out of a recession, then I think they will be sorely surprised. There will be a further divestment from Russian markets from the West and probably more sanctions, or at least, the political will to lift existing sanctions will be lower than ever.

Not too long ago people were talking about a reformed Russia who would be an EU partner, if not a member. Instead, Russians are proudly going back to the Stalin days and giving Putin's regime a 90% approval rating. Now that's crazy.

[danjoc]

>Yes, it's crazy.

I agree. There is an english idiom, "Don't put all your eggs in one basket." I assume this includes government keys as well. This seems like a juicy target for hackers. The damage it could do to Russia is almost unimaginable.

[berekuk]

There's also a Russian saying, "The strictness of Russian laws is balanced out by the fact that they don't have to be enforced".

Precedent: a new Personal Data Protection Law was passed two years ago. It included the crazy clause that all personal data of Russian citizens must be stored and processed on servers located in Russia. Facebook didn't comply, and I'm sure many other websites didn't comply too, but nobody cares, AFAICT.

On the other hand, our government can decide at any moment that they don't like some website, person or other entity, and they'll quickly find a way to get rid of this entity without breaking the law.