The government considered virtual mobile numbers a threat

2023-09-19 17:44:05

“Virtual numbers, especially numbers from foreign providers, really allow you to access online resources and instant messengers without user identification. Such numbers are often used not by some “criminal elements”, but by those who want to anonymize their Internet activity, who are not ready to share data with numerous people who want to spy and eavesdrop, including marketers,” notes analyst Alexey Boyko, author of Telegram- channel ABloud62. Blocking virtual number services may thus create inconvenience for such respectable users, the expert notes.