In June 2025, information spread on the network that in the new Russian application for messaging, married couples will have access to the chats of the second half. We checked the reliability of such publications.
The Russian company VK launched the beta version of the messenger Max In the spring of 2025. June 4 President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin He called The government to provide all kinds of support to the application and transfer to the platform all the services that government agencies and financial organizations provide. June 10, the State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted law About the creation of a national messenger - judging by the comments of parliamentarians, it is about Max. At the time of writing this analysis, only chats, video calls, the creation of chat bots and mini-applications are available in it, but in the future they are going to integrate it with other VK services and gradually add additional functions-up to the unification in one application of state, commercial and financial services. In particular, with the help of the application, it will be possible to confirm your age at the cash desk of the supermarket or even settle in the hotel without presenting documents. Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Communications Recommended Officials correspond to this messenger. And from September 1, smartphone manufacturers will be required to pretend to be on their devices sold in the Russian Federation.
Since the full functionality of the application is still unclear, many rumors have already appeared around it - from compulsory registration through “public services” to access to the correspondence of a husband or wife. Some publications about such an unusual function of the new messenger about technology And Life style. It is argued that the function will simplify the solution of issues related to children, medicine and other legal aspects. Pros and cons of such a feature of the messenger are discussed by users of social networks ("VKontakte","Classmates" Threads, X, Facebook, Instagram, Telegram). Most part of the posts almost literally repeat each other.
Not on The main page Max site, not in the section answers On the frequently asked questions “verified” did not find information that users will get access to each other's correspondence. There is no mention of this function in numerous articles about the messenger, which have issued the largest Russian news agencies and the media. In addition, the purpose of such a decision is not entirely clear: how exactly access to personal correspondence of the spouse can help in legal and/or medical issues that users write about in posts.
The earliest “tested” publication about such a function of the new messenger appeared in the Telegram channel “The empire is very evil»June 14, 2025 at 13:31 Moscow time. Soon the news scattered through larger channels, but at the time of writing the analysis, many posts were already removed (copies have been preserved in the TGSTAT archive). The fact is that the “Empire is very evil” specializes in satirical news - the description of the channel indicates: “Caution, a fake and a hard satire are possible. Written is an artistic fiction, all coincidences are random. ” Five hours later in the channel appeared fast With screenshots of publications that appeared in popular channels with hundreds of thousands of subscribers, on access to the correspondence of spouses in Max. The Empire is very evil indicates that many bought in earnest, and VK, instead of beating the encircled fake, demanded that the author of the channel delete it.
This is far from the first time that Internet users accept satirical news from this channel for a clean coin and begin to spread them as real. So, “verified” already refuted the hovering messages that the actress Mill Yovovich fired the Ukrainian housekeeper for refusing to speak Russian that Hobichorsing Russia was officially recognized as a sport or that during the Olympics in Paris at the rapper Snp Dogg, taking part in the Olympic fire relay, stole the phone. All of them initially appeared in the channel "Empire Very Evil" as satirical news.
Thus, there are no evidence that spouses will be able to read each other's correspondence in the Russian MAX Messenger at the moment. The full functionality of the application is still unclear, because, judging by the media reports, they plan to significantly expand it, adding many other functions to chats and calls. However, it is unlikely that one of them will be access to the messages of the husband or wife-the primary source of this information was the Telegram channel specializing in satirical news.
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