Popular EU Mobile Apps with Security Gaps Lead to Belarus and Russia

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What the source reports

Mobile apps that appear to be Lithuanian were developed by a Belarusian company, raising risks that exiled activists could be surveilled by security agents from the authoritarian country.

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Source & verification

Primary source: OCCRP Stories About Freedom and Repression · July 23, 2026

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