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Russia’s crackdown on VPNs reaches new heights as internet restrictions intensify (www.techradar.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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As the UK, Australia, and other countries appear to be introducing ID requirements and banning anonymous access, Russia reveals it has the ability to block VPN access.

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[–] 13 points 7 months ago (2 children)

"Only VPN tunnels that are pre-approved by state authorities will continue to function," Mazay Banzaev, the Founder of Russia-based Amnezia VPN, told TechRadar in an interview earlier this year."

What defense is there against this? How do you get around this if it's implemented?

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    • [–] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    This is a stupid move, and is causing a lot of anger. Telegram has become effectively unusable to Russian users overnight.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    And yet, Russians will still rather fire up a VPN to use Telegram than using the state-sponsored MAX. Moreover, one of the most vocal groups denouncing what Russia does to Telegram are soldiers in Ukraine, which the government usually relies on for support and which define Russian government legitimacy.

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    • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Can russians use tor as a proxy?

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Via bridges, yes

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

    good they all should do that. that should solve all the problems they have with VPNs, since tor allows any tcp connection, right?

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    • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Can't you just use VPNs with wonky protocol that will not be noticed?

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    A lot of legitimate connections are affected. There is a whitelist of mostly useless services and Telegram users are being MAX-herded. There currently seems to be no VPN that works reliably, out of the box.

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    • [+] -6 points 7 months ago

    The sanctions aren't sufficient. They want to show to the world that they can have their own economy crumble by consequence of their own actions.

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