Some allegations have been made for Yandex, Russia’s largest technology company and the leader of the search engine market. Allegedly, Yandex collects data from its users thanks to millions of iOS applications, whether they are used or not, and sends the data it collects to Russia.
The allegations emerged when a security researcher named Zach Edwards noticed a code in Yandex that sent data to Russia. These codes have been checked and verified by four independent experts. Yandex also made a statement about the transfer of data in response to the allegations. So, did the search engine accept these claims? Let’s take a look at the details of the news together.
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Yandex admits to allegedly transferring data from iOS users to Russia. But he also states that it is extremely difficult to identify the users of the information. Researchers who disagree after the search engine’s statement say that it can identify users with the information collected.
Experts say that according to Russia’s laws, data must be submitted to the Russian government. Allegedly, application developers obtain analytics data for their programs from the search engine. Analytical data, on the other hand, saves the search engine money and time in program development. In return, application developers provide user data from Yandex.
In the past days, the news that Yandex’s data was stolen by some social media accounts and websites had fallen like a bombshell. It was stated that the addresses, phone numbers and food orders of millions of Russian citizens were offered free of charge on a website. However, no definite explanation or document was shared on the subject.
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