TEHRAN, Dec. 10 (MNA) Russian lawmakers will consider banning state officials from using foreign-made smartphones, such as iPhones, over concerns they may not be secure.To avoid potential data leaks, they may be obliged to use Russian Yota Phones instead.
In the wake of the chain of scandals over US global snooping, including on dozens of world leaders, Russian senators and the countrys security services are pushing for measures to protect senior state officials communications.
A commission of the Federation Council, Russias upper house of parliament, along with experts, will examine the security of popular gadgets.
According to Senator Ruslan Gattarov, Apples iPhone is not suitable for use by Russian officials since it is vulnerable in terms of security.
Another member of the committee, United Russias Robert Shlegel, believes that it should be explained to everyone dealing with state and classified data that iPhones can be eavesdropped and also that they share information about their users movements.
Russias Federal Protection Service (FSO) is also working on ways to protect state internet and telephone communications.
According to IT experts, there are technologies and software that help encrypt voice communications as well as file exchange and text messages. So these programs should simply be installed on devices that officials use, said Andrey Prozorov, an information security expert at InfoWatch.
By Mehr News Agency
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