The Telegraph: the FSB will listen to the conversations of the guests of the Olympiad

The US State Department advised the Americans to leave the smartphones and laptops at home, the Americans, the Americans, reports The Telegraph. Safety measures in Sochi will include extensive electronic eavesdropping and observation.

The newspaper refers to the research of Russian journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan, the founders of the agentura.ru project. They specialize in the coverage of the activities of special services.

The organizers provided the entire territory of the Olympic Games support for the 4G network and free Wi-Fi. However, according to Soldatov, communication suppliers were obliged to build networks in such a way that the special services had complete and unhindered access to them.

According to Soldatov, this is not about the collection of meta-data, but about the content of conversations and correspondence. The monitoring, which is under the jurisdiction of the Federal Security Service, will be carried out using appropriate software. It helps to determine keywords and phrases that are used in electronic messages.

It is also known that the FSB acquired two drones for observation in the city, and also launched an extensive surveillance network in Sochi.

On October 2, the FSB representative Alexei Lavrishchev said that the organizers of the Olympics in Sochi will make maximum efforts so that the situation does not develop according to the Brazilian scenario. Lavrishchev noted that the negative experience of holding the Confederations Cup in Brazil, during which more than a million people participated in the protest shares , will be taken into account.

According to Lavrishchev, enhanced security measures and the creation of “closed zones” are aimed at ensuring the favorable work of the organizers and guests of the games. "The restriction on the holding of rallies and shares in Sochi during the Olympics does not violate the legislation and is in no way connected with the intention of LGBT activists to hold their shares, Lavrishchev said.

On August 19, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree onthe actual blockade of Sochi during the Olympics . This document, in particular, in the city from January 7 to March 21, 2014 is a ban on any mass shares not related to the Olympiad and Paralympic Games. It is also forbidden to enter the Sochi of any vehicle, except for a registered city or a service game. Admission to the Olympic facilities will be carried out only on special registration cards.