Internet access in Russia will soon require a passport

[montaga]

Nobody sane would use  the internet, one wrong word and welcome Siberia or worse. France another such sh!thole.


But Russia is not the only place people start to stand up.
https://youtu.be/EoR5_bJywWQ

[DaRude]

Nobody sane would use  the internet, one wrong word and welcome Siberia or worse. France another such sh!thole.

Or even worse, you might end up in UK Online Safety Act sucks. personally i didn't expect Europe going dystopian faster than Russia

[montaga]

UK, France, Russia the puppets with the same master. Covid all over again.
 Time to turn of AI, A EYE

[Ucy]

It's not uncommon in many countries to provide one's identity documents before accessing the internet. If not via such IDs, Android and Apple operating systems would covertly obtain one's private and related information, in very aggressive manner, and the US security agencies can access such information when they need to. So, if you use android or Apple phones/devices, it's more than likely they already have your private data and can use them when necessary, and even for minor things like ads.

The USA agencies would readily share such data more with other western countries and allies when necessary. An advanced countries like Russia will benefit less from this unless she has her own way of sufficiently obtaining Russians private data.
So doing that through passports is nothing uncommon, what maybe uncommon is accessing the internet through a government controlled portal, something US already has through private sector systems like Android and Apple operating systems that could easily build up information that reveals who an individual is in great details


Nevertheless, If this is achieved without violating the privacy rights of innocent Russians then it should be OK. And the way to do this is to make the data of innocent ones hard or almost impossible to access by another person unless serious crime is committed. Then the individual, group or court could grant permission to access the criminal's data
The data would need to be decentralized, encrypted and controlled by individuals or an independent but open, permissionless Russian bodies that Russians could easily be part of, with little to zero permission, to review data or information request by government before granting access.


By the way, I noticed that Russians have been under massive cyber attacks by both online scammers and other criminals who wish to steal from them or use them to commit crime against the state. The increase of such attacks could easily move a responsible government to solve the issue rather than ignoring or handling it in ineffective manner

[montaga]

Who watches over those who watch?
Is the ciminal enterprice watching itself?

[BADecker]

Consider info from, Rob Braxman. He shows ways around those who want to control your Internet usage... and a whole lot of other stuff, as well.

www.brax.me

https://www.youtube.com/@robbraxmantech/videos

[Fiatless]

Russians are smart enough to bypass this bureaucratic process. Implementing this kind of law is to promote surveillance and state control. I hope this kind of draconian law will not be passed in my country. What would happen if the database is compromised? People's information would be in the public domain.
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[LTU_btc]

I'm actually surprised that this requirement wasn't implemented yet, considering all these restrictions that were introduced since beginning of war.
Related to this topic, mobile internet was completely shut down in Ulyanovsk region until end of war, or how they call it "special military operation":
https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/1988184115108069802
Can you imagine living without mobile internet and nobody don't know for how long.

Russians are smart enough to bypass this bureaucratic process. Implementing this kind of law is to promote surveillance and state control. I hope this kind of draconian law will not be passed in my country. What would happen if the database is compromised? People's information would be in the public domain.
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Yes, probably there will be some people who will find how to bypass restrictions. But I doubt that it will be many. Avarage Russian will have nobother choice than accepting it.

[Hispo]

Eh, nothing new under the sun.
We all already knew Russia under the administration of Putin was all about getting as centralized and controlling as possible.
If one needs to control ones population and to know what they do in the privacy of their home, that means the government has lost all it's remaining legitimacy.

Russian democracy is not existant, with things like this one it is easily proven they live in a dictatorship, in a place where only those who are obedient to the state are welcome.

[hellflame]

The issue is with an apathetic population that allows their governments to abuse them and infringe upon their rights to privacy or personal freedom. People under authocratic/ communist/ totalitarian regimes are usually sold the idea through mass social brain washing but the west showed it has an equally apathetic and docile population during the covid lockdown experiment so would probably be just as easily manipulated with some silly to keep you sfae narrative etc however the correct policy would be to remove any government that attempts to infringe upon your private communications/banking/travel and general personal life unless it is through the court on a one by one basis where a crime has been commited. Mass surveillance or having your personal and private data filtered through a government gateway is the hallmark of a regime that is ripe for collapse. Never surrender and never comply and always defy any attack on liberty from any despot masquerating as your saviour. They will know all about you while they have immunity from such scrutiny. The only government worth having is one that you know all about while they limit themselves to protecting your liberty and economic opportunities. Death is better than slavery.

[FunshareNesialMLMPenipu]

If internet access requires a passport, then in my country, almost all residents, even if it's not 100%, would stop using the internet. Perhaps only less than 10% would continue to use the internet.

[JeromeTash]

While I hate the fact that a Government has to invade personal privacy of its citizens all in the name of it's interests in stability, let's not forget the fact that the so-called "democratic" western powers, especially the United States has been doing these for decades. Not only to her Citizens, but also Citizens of other Countries that are supposed to be outside their jurisdiction. The excuse is to fight "terrorism", "money Laundering", "Human Rights abuses" etc

Nobody right now knows how much the US Government knows about us because they lie and hide all that information and don't tell you what they are doing. Heck, they can even send a drone over your compound without any clearance and spy on you for months. Most are usually just spy missions that invade user privacy that are later declassified.

[montaga]

If internet access requires a passport, then in my country, almost all residents, even if it's not 100%, would stop using the internet. Perhaps only less than 10% would continue to use the internet.

The good days are gone anyway, now with all the AI generated crap it's not worth the time. Back to the old way talk and meet people, instead of the fake 5000 "friends".

To much truth got out, cut the cable in Ulyanovsk Oblast
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/11/11/ulyanovsk-region-imposes-first-permanent-mobile-internet-blackout-a91098