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Here’s what we know about Blink, Russia’s Gen Z location-sharing app that publicly attacks VK’s Max messenger but sends user data to the tech giant
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September 7, 2026
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Explore Today's NewsRussian messaging app Blink, which lets users track their friends’ locations, sends user data to VK servers, Novaya Gazeta Europe journalists found. Publicly, however, Blink takes aim at VK, attacking one of the company’s leading products, the Max messaging app, and feuding with VK design director A
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