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The Russian government has refused to iPad.
The Russian government has refused to use iPad in favor of the gadgets of Samsung. It is not connected with the Crimean conflict and "exchange sanctions" between Russia and the United States, said the Minister of Communications Nikolay Nikiforov.
"Rejection of the US iPad Apple and jump on the Samsung are technical in nature, there is some kind of American / South Korean history", - explained the head of the Ministry of Communications. According to him, the degree of protection to these plates above. "These devices can be used for processing confidential information. They passed a very strict certification system ", - said Nikiforov.
He also noted that the ban on the purchase of foreign technology in Russia is not, however, due to US government customers will continue rhetoric careful when choosing partners. "The very promise that in this case, US intelligence agencies will significantly increase the amount of intercepted information, of course, a matter of grave concern to many government clients. I think they will be very careful in the choice of partners ", - summed Nikiforov.
On March 24, the Ministry of Communications said that no plans to prohibit the use of US hardware and software in the public sector.
Concern of officials associated with the recent unveiling of compromising by Edward Snowden. German Spiegel magazine citing the NSA whistleblower previously reported the existence of a secret program that allows you to retrieve data from your iPhone or listen to their respective owners. The press has a discussion, whether Apple could contribute to the NSA in the development of such spyware.
Recall, last fall the notorious St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly deputy Vitaly Milon asked the Russian security services to check the operating principle of the fingerprint scanner on one of the latest models of iPhone. "There is no guarantee that the fingerprints of 5S will not appear in the database of US intelligence. Drawn in the FAPSI, let check "- he then wrote in Twitter.
"If it turns out that the biometric information is not protected by the Russians broadcast foreign agents, the model will need to limit the use of state employees", - explained Milon. Barring a new smartphone model in Russia was not followed.
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"Rejection of the US iPad Apple and jump on the Samsung are technical in nature, there is some kind of American / South Korean history", - explained the head of the Ministry of Communications. According to him, the degree of protection to these plates above. "These devices can be used for processing confidential information. They passed a very strict certification system ", - said Nikiforov.
He also noted that the ban on the purchase of foreign technology in Russia is not, however, due to US government customers will continue rhetoric careful when choosing partners. "The very promise that in this case, US intelligence agencies will significantly increase the amount of intercepted information, of course, a matter of grave concern to many government clients. I think they will be very careful in the choice of partners ", - summed Nikiforov.
On March 24, the Ministry of Communications said that no plans to prohibit the use of US hardware and software in the public sector.
Concern of officials associated with the recent unveiling of compromising by Edward Snowden. German Spiegel magazine citing the NSA whistleblower previously reported the existence of a secret program that allows you to retrieve data from your iPhone or listen to their respective owners. The press has a discussion, whether Apple could contribute to the NSA in the development of such spyware.
Recall, last fall the notorious St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly deputy Vitaly Milon asked the Russian security services to check the operating principle of the fingerprint scanner on one of the latest models of iPhone. "There is no guarantee that the fingerprints of 5S will not appear in the database of US intelligence. Drawn in the FAPSI, let check "- he then wrote in Twitter.
"If it turns out that the biometric information is not protected by the Russians broadcast foreign agents, the model will need to limit the use of state employees", - explained Milon. Barring a new smartphone model in Russia was not followed.
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