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TechWhat we know about Blink, Russia’s Gen Z location-sharing app that attacks VK’s Max while sending user data to VK

An investigation found that Blink, a Russian messaging app for tracking friends’ locations, sends user data to VK servers. Although Blink publicly attacks VK’s Max messenger and has clashed with VK design director Artemy Lebedev, the app continuously transmits location data to VK’s MyTracker analytics system and servers without end-to-end encryption.

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What we know about Blink, Russia’s Gen Z location-sharing app that attacks VK’s Max while sending user data to VK
What we know about Blink, Russia’s Gen Z location-sharing app that attacks VK’s Max while sending user data to VKTech