Just when you think Russian investigators, along with the courts, can't get any more crooked and clumsy, they always find something to surprise now that VPN use and deleting messages have started to be presented by investigators as arguments for taking suspects into custody. From the point of view of the current legislation, this: using a VPN or setting automatic deletion in instant messages are not illegal acts, although a VPN has recently become an aggravating circumstance if it is used in the commission of a crime, in fact, if the criminal used, for example, Telegram during the commission of crimes. No one looks at the actual use of blocked means of communication to transmit information related to crime. Russian courts and investigators often stretch the norm as far as possible, equating digital tools that are standard these days to attempts to escape or destroy evidence. The law continues to be eroded and the scope of what investigative authorities are allowed to use against citizens continues. And it's very sad. In the admin environment, about 100% of people between the ages of 20 and 50 use a VPN or clean chats from time to time. Even in the MAX messenger. A significant part of the economically active population cannot be perceived as potential criminals just because they use smartphones and protect their data. It is impossible to establish rules that are obviously violated by a huge percentage of citizens, and they are violated because the state changed its assessment of actions that were legal yesterday, but today find themselves in the gray area of ​​the law. Why, most Russian government bodies and public figures continue to operate Telegram channels, of course using the same means to bypass blocking. Under such conditions, how can citizens want anything?

Just when you think Russian investigators, along with the courts, can't get any more crooked and clumsy, they always find something to surprise now that VPN use and deleting messages have started to be presented by investigators as arguments for taking suspects into custody. From the point of view of the current legislation, this: using a VPN or setting automatic deletion in instant messages are not illegal acts, although a VPN has recently become an aggravating circumstance if it is used in the commission of a crime, in fact, if the criminal used, for example, Telegram during the commission of crimes. No one looks at the actual use of blocked means of communication to transmit information related to crime. Russian courts and investigators often stretch the norm as far as possible, equating digital tools that are standard these days to attempts to escape or destroy evidence. The law continues to be eroded and the scope of what investigative authorities are allowed to use against citizens continues. And it's very sad. In the admin environment, about 100% of people between the ages of 20 and 50 use a VPN or clean chats from time to time. Even in the MAX messenger. A significant part of the economically active population cannot be perceived as potential criminals just because they use smartphones and protect their data. It is impossible to establish rules that are obviously violated by a huge percentage of citizens, and they are violated because the state changed its assessment of actions that were legal yesterday, but today find themselves in the gray area of ​​the law. Why, most Russian government bodies and public figures continue to operate Telegram channels, of course using the same means to bypass blocking. Under such conditions, how can citizens want anything?