To avoid potential data leaks, they may be obliged to use Russian YotaPhones instead.
In the wake of the chain of scandals over US global snooping, including on dozens of world leaders, Russian senators and the country’s security services are pushing for measures to protect senior state officials’ communications.
A commission of the Federation Council, Russia’s upper house of parliament, along with experts, will examine the security of popular gadgets.
According to Senator Ruslan Gattarov, Apple’s iPhone is not suitable for use by Russian officials since it is vulnerable in terms of security.
Another member of the committee, United Russia’s Robert Shlegel, believes that it should be explained to everyone dealing with state and classified data that iPhones can be eavesdropped and also that they share information about their users’ movements.
Russia’s Federal Protection Service (FSO) is also working on ways to protect state internet and telephone communications.
According to IT experts, there are technologies and software that help encrypt voice communications as well as file exchange and text messages. So these programs should simply be installed on devices that officials use, said Andrey Prozorov, an information security expert at InfoWatch.
SourcE: Russian Today
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