Technology

37727 readers

609 users here now

A nice place to discuss rumors, happenings, innovations, and challenges in the technology sphere. We also welcome discussions on the intersections of technology and society. If it’s technological news or discussion of technology, it probably belongs here.

Remember the overriding ethos on Beehaw: Be(e) Nice. Each user you encounter here is a person, and should be treated with kindness (even if they’re wrong, or use a Linux distro you don’t like). Personal attacks will not be tolerated.

Subcommunities on Beehaw:

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

The Yandex Leak: How a Russian Search Giant Uses Consumer Data (www.confiant.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

4 comments fedilink hide all child comments

cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/1680837

I feel it's relevant, because of it confirming the possibility of "big tech" spying and cooperating with 3-letter agencies.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Surprisingly, the Netherlands:

Most of Yandex’s services are based in Russia but its parent company, Yandex N.V. is based in The Netherlands.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The Yandex N.V. "head office" is conveniently located in the third largest airport in the world, so people can pick up mail sent to that address without having to actually live in the country.

Their headquarters are very much in Russia, and the Netherlands address is surely about avoiding political sanctions.