<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Agreed. But where are they asking for ID to access private wifi? Public wifi by definition is coffee shops, airports etc.</div><div><br></div><div>Russia has its fair share of human rights issues but this is fairly standard practice at least from the standpoint of preventing these from being used by scam artists etc.</div><div><br></div><div>The ID for public hotspots and cyber cafés rule in India came about after a series of bombings where the terrorists were sending taunting emails to the police from public wifi hotspots and open woof access points.<br><br>--srs (iPad)</div><div><br>On 09-Aug-2014, at 14:21, "chlebrum ." <<a href="mailto:chlebrum@gmail.com">chlebrum@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif">It is a rule already established for <u>public</u> hotspots, not applicable to the private wifi network. </font><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="">
<font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-08-09 10:46 GMT+02:00 Chaitanya Dhareshwar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chaitanyabd@gmail.com" target="_blank">chaitanyabd@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I don't see why this would be a human rights violation (speaking from India pov) given the fact that:</div>
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<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">1. You need to submit ID proof when you take an internet connection at your residence/office</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">
2. You need to product ID proof while using a cyber cafe</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">So since this regulatory aspect is already put in place one would naturally expect that if there's some form of public wifi the service provider would ask for ID proof...? </div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Best,</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Norbert Bollow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nb@bollow.ch" target="_blank">nb@bollow.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Reuters:<br>
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Russia demands Internet users show ID to access public Wifi<br>
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<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/08/us-russia-internet-idUSKBN0G81RV20140808" target="_blank">http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/08/us-russia-internet-idUSKBN0G81RV20140808</a><br>
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In my view this is a clear human rights violation and something that I<br>
would expect us all to be able to agree to condemn.<br>
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May I request the IGC coordinators to coordinate some action in regard<br>
to this matter?<br>
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Greetings,<br>
Norbert<br>
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