Login buttons using Google and Apple ID will soon disappear from Russian sites

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Starting December 1, 2023, authorization buttons using Google accounts and Apple ID will be removed from Russian websites. In this respect reports RIA Novosti cited State Duma deputy Anton Gorelkin.

From now on, according to 149-FZ, authorization on Russian web resources and mobile applications will be possible only using a mobile phone number, an account in State Services, EBS or any service that is fully or at least 50% controlled by Russia . side. Gorelkin noted that the new rule does not apply to services that use email addresses from foreign hosting providers, such as Google (Gmail), as login.

“There is a misconception that foreign mail will be banned soon. “Some Russian postal services began to use this myth for their own purposes, convincing people to transfer accounts from Gmail to them,” the deputy emphasized.

According to him, the goals of the new requirement are to strengthen the security of personal data of Russian citizens and at the same time reduce the risk of integrating services from unfriendly countries into Russian resources.

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