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Russia requires registration of WiFi devices, hotspots
So much for the ease of WiFi. Russia's newly formed regulatory super-agency, Rossvyazokhrankultura (short for the Russian Mass Media, Communications and Cultural Protection Service), is requiring the registration of every WiFi device and hotspot, according to news agency Fontanka.
The registration requirement also applies to home networks, laptops, smart phones and WiFi-enabled PDAs, and registration only permits use by the owner. Registration for personal devices reportedly takes 10 days, but registering a hotspot--including a home network--is more complicated, involving a set of documents and technological certifications. Any networks in Moscow or St. Petersburg need the additional approval of two federal agencies.
To find out more about Russia's new requirement:
- check out this article from Techworld
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Comments
Posted by wirelessworlds.com | May 12, 2008 - 11:20am
We hope our meetings with groups in Russia needing wifi and mesh technology, to add secutiry measures, and allow each country access to if backbones, for monitoing purposes.
I life in a land of democracy, come from the land or socialism, going to what was America enemies for centuries due to wars, could this wifi block come as retaliation for the US wanting a missile silo in EU within striking distance?
Does the US have the capability of even securing its own network, and society without blocks?
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