c/world · by rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works · 1yRussia’s VK unveils WeChat clone built on Putin’s orders: the app has mic and camera access, gathers user data, and shares it with the state https://theins.ru/en/news/281989112 points · 6 comments · view on lemmy.world
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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
Who the hell do they think they are? Microsoft?!
GenosseFlosse@feddit.org · 8 pts · 1y
No, Microsoft charges a subscription fee and places their crapware on the desktop, taskbar, start menu and as default messaging application.
pivot_root@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
It's not WeChat, it's ШеСнат. That's an entire alphabet of differences! /s
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 1y
defenesstateechat.
rayyy@piefed.social · 8 pts · 1y
So Meta?
letraset@piefed.dk · 3 pts · 1y
In communist Russia, turns out social media is just like in capitalist west.