Russian phone maker prevents application data collection

BloomWatch reported, InfoWatch Group, a Russian security company, has introduced a phone that is capable of combating data collection application behavior.

The phone, called Taiga, will prevent any behavior from tracking user activity, especially work-related emails, documents and images. Basically, it prevents the application from collecting and sending user data on the device. You can still install apps like Gmail on Taiga - which are known to still scan email content to support ads - but they won't be able to crawl.

The phone runs Android but is a specially designed version that runs with the firmware for InfoWatch. The first 50,000 Taiga phones will be used by Russian state employees. Ordinary users can not buy.

Phones without data collection will probably be expected by many people

Taiga takes its name from an area of ​​snowy mountains between Siberia and Canada, an example of a cold war in the technology world between the US and Russia.

Just over two weeks ago, the US government banned software from Kaspersky Lab security, accusing them of being involved with the Russian government. Natalya Kasspersky, co-founder and former CEO of Kasperksy Lab is currently president of InfoWatch Group.

Last November, Russia also planned to replace all Microsoft office software with Russian versions, then banned LinkedIn. The new InfoWatch opened offices in Malaysia and Saudi Arabia, so Taiga might soon appear in these countries.