Independent IT expert Vadim Plesskiy believes that the innovations will primarily affect providers providing small-scale hosting services to individuals and small businesses, since large providers have long used documents that allow identification of both individuals and companies when concluding contracts with clients.
"The procedure for hosting cambodia whatsapp resource servers or renting dedicated servers and virtual machines in a data center is quite liberal. Large providers are already conducting full client identification - company registration data, full name and contact number of the person authorized by the company. These companies and their clients will not be affected by the innovations. Small providers may often not conduct identification at all: they were paid for hosting a server, they received the money - and everyone is happy. The new initiative of the Ministry of Digital Development will affect such providers and their clients to a significant extent. They will have to introduce a procedure for identifying all clients, without exception," Vadim Plesskiy told ComNews.
According to him, the simplified identification procedure discussed by the Ministry of Digital Development could be carried out by phone number, but due to the imperfection of the methods for registering SIM cards, this method is unlikely. "Simplified identification can be understood as identification by phone number - a person receives a confirmation code to a mobile phone number, enters it into the form on the registration page and thereby confirms that he is he. However, in this case, it is unlikely that this method will be chosen. The regulator has not yet achieved that all SIM cards in Russia are clearly identified. And the confirmation code from a mobile number that is registered to an unknown person will not allow identifying the real owner. Most likely, identification will be done through "Gosuslugi" - this is a fairly simple and understandable method, and can be quickly implemented. However, all providers will need to improve their internal systems in any case," said Vadim Plessky.
At the same time, the expert believes that the introduction of new rules will cause an outflow of small users from Russian hosting companies to foreign ones. "As for hosting users, they will not like this method of identification. The number of clients from small and medium businesses and individuals will most likely decrease. For many, it will be easier and safer to rent servers abroad," concluded Vadim Plesskiy.