Comment on Russia to enforce location tracking app on all foreigners in Moscow

Gork@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• random_character_a@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Then you’ll get 4kg ankle monitor with 200$ deposit, which you’ll never get back, even if you return it. Complaints will be handled by spending undetermined time in a government “resort” with fun quarry themed activities.

  Ruskies have this all this figured out.

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• Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m gonna take a wild guess and say losing your phone is probably gonna result in a penalty

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• throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That’s as good as saying “I lost my Driver’s License” after you get pulled over.

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  • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    But they can look that up.

    They can’t look up your whereabouts for the last few hours when your phone has been sitting on the coffee table.

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    • throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      They can put it in their records. If you “forget” too often, they’ll just assume you’re intentionally doing it and throw you in jail.

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• echodot@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Surely the pro play would be simply not to go to Russia in the first place. Thinking about it that was always the pro play.

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