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2018-12-06 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russian tech giant Yandex unveils first smartphone

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Posted by Fred 2018-12-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Next move will be to bribe a few officials to allow it to be used by the US military.

Posted by gorb 2018-12-06 01:14|| 2018-12-06 01:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Bribes probably no longer necessary. Glowing write-up in WP will do.

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-12-06 06:08|| 2018-12-06 06:08|| Front Page Top

#3 not to worry - it will have Kaspersky pre-installed

Posted by Frank G 2018-12-06 08:31|| 2018-12-06 08:31|| Front Page Top

#4 It will be just as good as Russian cars.

Posted by European Conservative 2018-12-06 10:03|| 2018-12-06 10:03|| Front Page Top

#5 That was my first thought, EC.

The security flaws alone make me shudder.

Posted by DarthVader 2018-12-06 10:07|| 2018-12-06 10:07|| Front Page Top

#6 The flaws will be a feature. But I wouldn't buy a Huawei either, and they are actually good phones.

Posted by European Conservative 2018-12-06 10:11|| 2018-12-06 10:11|| Front Page Top

#7 "The good news? We backed up all your contacts. The bad? We also ~~backed up~~ copied all your communications, pictures, browsing, passwords, ...."

Posted by Frank G 2018-12-06 10:44|| 2018-12-06 10:44|| Front Page Top

#8 The FSB cloud

Posted by European Conservative 2018-12-06 10:48|| 2018-12-06 10:48|| Front Page Top

#9 It's strange, I'm more afraid of the NSA and Google being in my phone than the FSB. The Russians have no motive to mess with my life...but my own government-corporate complex I believe to be the greater threat.

Posted by Herb McCoy 2018-12-06 13:23|| 2018-12-06 13:23|| Front Page Top

#10 Well, after all Herb, you are the 25m target.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-12-06 14:08|| 2018-12-06 14:08|| Front Page Top

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