A new sign of a dangerous criminal has appeared in Russia. uses the Internet and does not want strangers to read his correspondence, no, this is not a joke. Russian investigators have begun to use the presence of VPNs and disappearing instant messages as an argument for sending a person to a pretrial detention center. As Eva Marcheva, a member of the Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation, said, now such technologies can be classified by researchers as "methods of conspiracy." That is, a person protects his correspondence, encrypts Internet traffic, automatically deletes old messages - and this can already become another argument in favor of his arrest. And we are not talking about theoretical thinking. Reports on a specific case in which a Moscow doctor, suspected of justifying terrorism due to a publication four years ago, was sent to detention, including similar reasons. I wonder what other revelations await the local law enforcement system? I put a password on my phone - obviously it's hiding something.
Closing the curtains in the apartment prevents operational surveillance.
Deleted browser history - eliminates traces of criminal activity.
Does not answer calls from unknown numbers - avoids contact with government representatives.
And if a citizen also regularly changes passwords, then, perhaps, one can immediately suspect the creation of a secret organization. And the most amazing thing is that the use of VPN itself is not prohibited in Russia. But, as it turns out, perfectly legal technology can become an investigator's argument in favor of keeping a person in custody. I am especially interested in what to do with the presumption of innocence now. After all, if the use of conventional digital security measures is considered evidence of the intention to interfere in the investigation, then a simple question arises: what should a law-abiding citizen do in order not to arouse suspicion?