[governance] Russia demands Internet users show ID to access public Wifi

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

Agreed. But where are they asking for ID to access private wifi?  Public wifi by definition is coffee shops, airports etc.

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.

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.

--srs (iPad)

> On 09-Aug-2014, at 14:21, "chlebrum ." <chlebrum at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> It is a rule already established for public hotspots, not applicable to the private wifi network. 
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> 2014-08-09 10:46 GMT+02:00 Chaitanya Dhareshwar <chaitanyabd at gmail.com>:
>> I don't see why this would be a human rights violation (speaking from India pov) given the fact that:
>> 
>> 1. You need to submit ID proof when you take an internet connection at your residence/office
>> 2. You need to product ID proof while using a cyber cafe
>> 
>> 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...? 
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Chaitanya Dhareshwar
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>>> On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:
>>> Reuters:
>>> 
>>> Russia demands Internet users show ID to access public Wifi
>>> 
>>> http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/08/us-russia-internet-idUSKBN0G81RV20140808
>>> 
>>> In my view this is a clear human rights violation and something that I
>>> would expect us all to be able to agree to condemn.
>>> 
>>> May I request the IGC coordinators to coordinate some action in regard
>>> to this matter?
>>> 
>>> Greetings,
>>> Norbert
>>> 
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