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Authorities have approved access to free Wi-Fi on the passport – RBC

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The government canceled the anonymous access points InternetVladeltsy free Wi-Fi access still will have to identify users – on the passport or other identity document, the mobile phone number, account online public services. This follows from the explanations which released on its website the Ministry of Communications.

Anonymous access to Wi-Fi is closed so-called anti-terrorism amendments – they have taken on May 5. In the development of these amendments was accepted by the government №758 – about the identity of users who are connected to the Internet in public access points. It came into effect on August 13 and caused a lot of controversy, not only the market participants, but officials could not explain exactly, whether it is all points of public access to the Internet or just those that are visible on the “Mail of Russia».

The Ministry of Communications has issued a clarification on August 8, which indicated that this decision applies to all points. At the same time, Deputy Roskomnadzora Maxim Ksenzov told that the owners of free Wi-Fi points do not have to identify its users, but it is necessary to record all their moves on the Internet.

According to the explanations of the Ministry of Communications published yesterday to identify the users free Wi-Fi still have. This can be done with the help of a mobile phone account online public services or by using an identity document. Such changes will be spelled out in the decision of the government, which has yet to accept, explained spokesman for the Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich Alia Samigullina. Ksenzov RBC said that the agency may take some kind of action only after the decision is published.

The owners of free access points Wi-Fi in Moscow has not yet established a system of user identification. Now you can anonymously access the Internet via Wi-Fi in the subway and in many cafes and restaurants in the capital.
 About the Ministry of Communications co-owner of restaurants clarification Ragout Semen Krimov learned from a correspondent of RBC. He contacted an employee of your internet service provider – but he could not specify how you now need to identify the users. If the Ministry of Communications determines the requirements for user authentication for users of the free Wi-Fi, Krimov going to leave at restaurants Ragout anonymous access.

A ban on anonymous access to Wi-Fi is not yet reflected in the conditions of connection of subway passengers, and personal data users to enter so representative of the operator recognizes “Maxim Telecom” Anna Lisovets. “Maxim” provides free Wi-Fi in the subway cars. “Maxim” will introduce a form of identification for Wi-Fi when it receives an explanation of the new laws by the authorities specified Lisovets.

Clarification of the Ministry of Communications simplifies the identification of the user, said a representative of “Rostelecom”: for remote registration easier provide a mobile number, you enter passport details. Procedure and technical requirements, he continues, will have to register Roscomnadzor in regulations – then the operators and owners of Wi-Fi points will fulfill them.

In the West, an algorithm to identify users in areas with public access to Wi-Fi have long-established, the director of the sector of the market development in Russia and the CIS ClickSoftware Mark Belenky. Typically, the method for identifying the operator remains in the access to the Internet. Typically, the user must provide your email address or phone number to which the reset code of access to public point. Such a process is already in England, particularly in the major shopping centers, it is also practiced in Germany and the Netherlands, concludes Belenky.

In Russia, there is a system and search operations, which allows law enforcement authorities to listen to phone conversations and monitor Internet providers, so it is logical that the public Wi-Fi falls under the oversight of the security services, the source says RBC in one of the telecommunication companies. In practice, people connecting to Wi-Fi, will need to use your login and password, he says.
 Figure out how to authorize a person – it is the task of the operator, said the source of RBC. According to him, the most simple way – use your account with a phone number that is technologically easy to do, although the cellular operators may claim that they are required to the financial costs. Operator will need to work with the settings and the software, but do not need to carry out the upgrade programs.

Roman Dorokhov, Valery Matveev, Irina Yuzbekova

August 18 2014

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