a new regulation regarding access to WIFI zones in Russia

[Francoise Rosset]

Russia is not the only place to do this.
At the airport in Bangkok, you can access the "free" WIFI only by entering
your passport number.

I asked some IT people about it. They say the party line is that hackers
are now using cell phones and WIFI in order to hack into people's bank
accounts, so they want records. In Bhutan, to get a cell phone SIM for any
length of time you have to provide copies of your passport page AND have
someone local officially vouch for you. Same explanation.

But the hackers are NOT the ones trying to get Internet access at BKK ...
Elsewhere this may make more sense?

-FR



> On Friday, August 8, 2014, Alexandra Smith <Alexandra.Smith at ed.ac.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear colleagues,
>>
>> Just in case if you haven't read the latest news about WIFI access in
>> Russia, here is a link to an article that explains the new regulation in
>> accordance with which everyone  can sign into public WiFi zones now only by
>> divulging the number of his/her passport:
>> http://tvrain.ru/articles/podkljuchatsja_k_wi_fi_v_obschestvennyh_mestah_razreshat_tolko_po_pasportu-373709/
>>
>
-- 
Francoise Rosset
Chair, Russian and Russian Studies
Wheaton College, Norton MA 02766
*Spring 2014*: Resident Director of Wheaton-in-Bhutan program, Thimphu,
Bhutan
frosset at wheatonma.edu

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