Russian companies have begun searching for ways to fully decipher intercepted messages on popular platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, the Kommersant newspaper reported Tuesday.
Decryption of messages is a key provision of the recently-passed anti-terror law authored by conservative lawmaker, Irina Yarovaya. As part of the wide-ranging law, all companies providing online communication are legally obliged to hand their encryption keys to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB).
The FSB is working with the Ministry of Communication and the Ministry of Industry and Trade to find technical solutions to implementing the law, including interception and decryption of all Russian web traffic and so-called “Man in the Middle” (MITM) technology, Kommersant reported.
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