The Chinese are going to track the work of public Wi-Fi points

In general, a natural step for China - the other day the government of this country obliged all organizations that provide Wi-Fi in public places to install specialized software that will track the activities of users on the Web. Under the new government order, this should be done as soon as possible. Naturally, the stated goals are to track and prevent illegal activities.

What exactly is behind the term "illegal activity" is not entirely clear, and according to Chinese law, a lot of things can be called such an activity. For violators, a fine of five thousand yuan is provided (this is about $ 900). In addition, the Internet may turn off, in which case, about six months.
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But enterprises that need to install such software will have to fork out - after all, software that will track “illegal activity” costs a lot — from 3 to 9 thousand dollars (!). Apparently, the cost is due to the activity and size of organizations that provide Wi-Fi services in public places. Understandably, many companies and organizations decided to abandon the pleasure of paying very heavy sums, and did what the government probably hopes - they simply removed the hot spots.

Perhaps, in this case, the government planned to reduce the number of available Wi-Fi points, to which everyone can connect, to a minimum. In this case, the punishment itself is not very significant for the violator, but the one who provides the service of connecting to the wireless network, you need to spend a lot of money. And 3-10 thousand dollars is an amount that is not only for China, but also for most other countries.

I wonder what the hotels will do in this case - whether they prefer to pay, providing guests with wireless Internet, or decide to save, eliminating their hot spots.

Via tgdaily