It’s literally making screenshots and recording sounds.
Comment on Russia orders state-backed Max messenger app to be pre-installed on new phones
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 3 days ago
…though state media says it is not a spying app
So it’s a spying app, then.
vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 3 days ago
phonics@lemmy.world 3 days ago
is it still spying if everyone knows theyre doing it?
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I think so. There’s lots of spying going on throughout the world and I believe (but could be wrong) that this is common knowledge. With that assumption in mind, I’d still say that those programs (in the sense of “a plan or system under which action may be taken toward a goal” rather than any specific application) qualify as spying so the app from the article would too.