In the subway, on social networks, on the roads, at an ATM, in a store, at State Services, crypto exchanges and in the MFC – the authorities are watching Russians almost everywhere. And they enjoy the fruits of this surveillance: oppositionists are caught on surveillance cameras, VKontakte correspondence becomes a reason for criminal charges and prison. 
All this is possible thanks to a whole network of various systems for collecting citizen data, which are now implemented in almost any government agency – and in many private companies, especially if their activities are related to the Internet or finance. For example, such giants as Yandex or VKontakte know almost everything about users, and give security forces direct access to this data. FSB can partially track contacts in Telegramalthough the messenger does not store user data in Russia. In addition, security forces are monitoring transactions in cryptocurrencies – however, so far only in the most popular ones, like Bitcoin.
On paper, this “digital Gulag” seems as omnipotent as the eye of Sauron. In fact everything is not so hopeless: corruption, conflicts between departments, reluctance of security forces to share information and technological barriers for now do not allow for total surveillance of all Russians. For example, in some cities, Dossier sources say, the police do not have direct access to city cameras: they have to write requests manually.
The Dossier Center’s research reveals how surveillance systems work in Russia, what they see and what passes them by, and, most importantly, How to protect yourself from excessive government oversight.
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They are trying to hack you: why is it scary and what to do? Instructions “Dossier”
The Dossier Center conducted a large study. Based on evidence from sources, we studied the surveillance system that security forces use every day. We know how it works, we know that the state knows about you. But the main thing is that we know how to protect ourselves…
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