Managing partner of the communication agency B&C Agency Ivan Samoilenko expressed his opinion on whether there will be
According to the expert, complete blocking is nothappens, the ability to download some applications will soon disappear. He noted that the blocking of Android and iOS in Russia is unlikely. At the same time, the specialist suggested that the possibility of remote blocking may initially be incorporated in operating systems, in which case neither the refusal of updates nor other measures will help.
Samoylenko also advised, just in case, to transfer all the data to spare media: to “clouds”, to flash drives, spare disks, etc.
“It is often said about disabling automaticapplication updates, but this is a temporary measure, it does not give a 100% guarantee of protection against blocking, but at the same time contains a number of points that you should pay attention to. The fact is that updates are necessary to close system vulnerabilities. Without this process, the risk of malware infection on the device increases. This threatens with the loss of information and theft of personal data,” the expert emphasized.
Source: Izvestia