Russian military is widely using Russian programs to wage war in Ukraine which are available for distribution on the Apple Store and Google Play platforms. Strelok is a whole series of different programs for calculating and correcting shooting from various types of weapons. You can also easily check how popular these programs are in Russia, they are in first places in all charts.
What is known about the author of these apps? Igor Borisov - closely associated with the Russian government, former Russian MP. Was be sentenced to 5 years in prison for fraud on an especially large scale, due to strange circumstances, released early. After that, the owner of a large telecommunications company AIST, which was sold in 2016 to the Rostelecom - Russian monopoly in this area for more than $20 million. Igor does not lead any social networks, lives in Russia, supports Putin.
His ballistic apps are also very popular with the US military (also first places in tool charts). The Privace Policy description of the programs in the app store says the following: "Data Not Collected. The developer does not collect any data from this app."
We asked fellow programmers what they think about this. A few minutes later, we received a response that even after a cursory inspection of these programs, they noticed the following: These programs at least use a dropbox API that collects personal user data. And the dropbox developers directly indicate on their page ( https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-obj-c#app-store-connect-privacy-labels ) that all those who use their developments are required to indicate this in the description of the programs, the fact that the program that uses the dropbox api collects your personal data. On this basis, we can make an unambiguous conclusion that the developer deliberately indicates false information about his programs, Apple does not verify this information in any way, and all responsibility lies only with the developer. If the developer is cheating, how to check how badly he is cheating? And the US military is not immune from being tracked by this programs?
Below are links to these apps:
What can be done? Do you have any press connections? Tell them about it. Those who use this application can file a complaint about it with Apple ( https://reportaproblem.apple.com )
or Google Play ( Open the Google Play Store.
Go to the detail page for an Strelok app. Tap More More and then Flag as inappropriate.).
Or write a negative review. You can also ask other manufacturers of ballistic calculators to limit distribution in Russia. Thanks.
What is known about the author of these apps? Igor Borisov - closely associated with the Russian government, former Russian MP. Was be sentenced to 5 years in prison for fraud on an especially large scale, due to strange circumstances, released early. After that, the owner of a large telecommunications company AIST, which was sold in 2016 to the Rostelecom - Russian monopoly in this area for more than $20 million. Igor does not lead any social networks, lives in Russia, supports Putin.
His ballistic apps are also very popular with the US military (also first places in tool charts). The Privace Policy description of the programs in the app store says the following: "Data Not Collected. The developer does not collect any data from this app."
We asked fellow programmers what they think about this. A few minutes later, we received a response that even after a cursory inspection of these programs, they noticed the following: These programs at least use a dropbox API that collects personal user data. And the dropbox developers directly indicate on their page ( https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-obj-c#app-store-connect-privacy-labels ) that all those who use their developments are required to indicate this in the description of the programs, the fact that the program that uses the dropbox api collects your personal data. On this basis, we can make an unambiguous conclusion that the developer deliberately indicates false information about his programs, Apple does not verify this information in any way, and all responsibility lies only with the developer. If the developer is cheating, how to check how badly he is cheating? And the US military is not immune from being tracked by this programs?
Below are links to these apps:
Strelok Pro
This is a smart ballistic calculator. It can use G1, G7 and... custom drag-functions! Can calculate trajectory without using ballistic coefficient! You can select reticle from the list (2277 reticles!) and see holdovers at any magnification (see list of reticles supported here...
apps.apple.com
iStrelok
iStrelok is a ballistic trajectory calculator. - 984 reticles supported! Full list see here: http://www.strelokpro.online/istrelok/reticles.html - You can see holdovers on your reticle and scale holdovers to any magnification (if reticle is located in second focal plane). - Trajectory...
apps.apple.com
What can be done? Do you have any press connections? Tell them about it. Those who use this application can file a complaint about it with Apple ( https://reportaproblem.apple.com )
or Google Play ( Open the Google Play Store.
Go to the detail page for an Strelok app. Tap More More and then Flag as inappropriate.).
Or write a negative review. You can also ask other manufacturers of ballistic calculators to limit distribution in Russia. Thanks.
