Russia’s state communications regulator announced on Thursday that it has blocked Apple’s FaceTime video-calling service, citing its alleged use for criminal activities, in the latest escalation of Moscow’s crackdown on foreign technology platforms. Yes, Apple’s FaceTime is end-to-end encrypted for both video and audio calls. Only the sender and receiver(s) hold the decryption keys; not even Apple can decrypt or access the content of the calls. The ban comes after similar restrictions already imposed on Google’s YouTube, Meta’s WhatsApp, and the Telegram messaging app. Mark Trevelyan and Gleb Stolyarov for Reuters:
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