Russia will force all smartphone, computers and other electronic equipment to have pre-installed applications of Russian origin

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There are very few countries in the world that have important Internet access restrictions. North Korea has an isolated internet intranet and China performs important content filtering. Russia is increasing control of the network of networks and wants to continue increasing restrictions. The last one is that any electronic equipment sold in the country must have pre-installed Russian applications.

This is quite contradictory, since in Russia the Telegram service is currently blocked. Pavel Durov, creator of the messaging application and Russian of origin, refused to provide a decryption master key. Something requested by court ruling after an attack that would have developed under this application. Durov claimed that this key would be a violation of user privacy.

Russia wants electronic equipment to carry Russian applications

The rule will take effect on July 1, 2020 and will affect all types of devices. All smarpthone, televisions, tablets, computers and others must have pre-installed Russian applications. It will also be illegal to sell one of these products without the installation of Russian applications.

It is allowed to continue using the Android operating system, without problems, but Russian applications must be installed. This is not a negative solution, as it may seem, nor an attempt to intervene all devices. The Russian Government indicates that this is done to encourage citizens to use Russian applications. It seeks to strengthen the technological sector of the country.

Those who will be affected will be the big smarpthone manufacturing companies, which will have to adapt. There will be no problem for the end customer, as they will be complementary applications. An idea the less interesting it will serve to support the country's technology sector. We will follow the evolution of this curious rule.