Editing ICQ (section)

===Cooperation with Russian intelligence services===
According to a ''[[Novaya Gazeta]]'' article published in May 2018, Russian intelligence agencies had access to online reading of ICQ users' correspondence during crime investigations. The article examined 34 sentences of Russian courts, during the investigation of which the evidence of the defendants' guilt was obtained by reading correspondence on a PC or mobile devices. In six of the fourteen cases in which ICQ was involved, the capturing of information occurred before the seizure of the device. Because the rival service [[Telegram (software)|Telegram]] blocks all access for the agencies, the Advisor of the Russian President, [[German Klimenko]], recommended to use ICQ instead.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2018/05/17/76500-aska-i-tovarisch-mayor|title="Аська" и товарищ майор|website=Новая газета}}</ref>