Ministry of Communications: To use Wi-Fi in the subway and cafes do not need a passport – BFM.Ru

The ministry explained where and how it will operate a ban on anonymous Internet

To access the Wi-Fi in public places do not need a passport, told ITAR-TASS news agency in the Ministry of Communications and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation.

So officials have commented on media reports about the ban anonymous Wi-Fi in cafes, parks and subway. According to them, if the access point wireless Internet installed a private person, there are no duties in his connection with the new Government will not occur.

«Operator has the right to choose how to implement user authentication. For example, it may do so by requesting the appropriate authority. At the same time, the user will be required to provide any identifying information, such as name and patronymic, driver’s license number, and so on “, – explained in the department.

Earlier, the newspaper” Izvestia “wrote the signing Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev ruling that allegedly commits the Russians provide their passport information before access to Wi-Fi in public areas. Later in the Department of Information Technology in Moscow explained that this document is not intended to ban anonymous Wi-Fi in parks and subway. “Under such services refer to payphones. In Moscow, there is no payphone. This decision will affect only the points of public access, which is in a very rural and small towns “- explained the head of the Department Artem Yermolaev.