The Russian Ministry of Digital Development is working on steps to create in Russia a database of factory phone codes (IMEI) assigned to mobile phones on the recommendation of the FSB, the press service of the ministry told TASS.
The Kommersant newspaper reported that the Ministry of Digital Transformation, on the recommendation of the FSB, is preparing to develop a unified database of IMEI codes assigned to mobile phones. The special services, according to the newspaper, advocate the creation of such a register to “increase the effectiveness of operational-search measures.”
