Russia’s crackdown on VPNs reaches new heights as internet restrictions intensify (www.techradar.com)
from d00ery@lemmy.world to privacy@lemmy.ml on 16 Mar 09:04
https://lemmy.world/post/44326232

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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mistermodal@lemmy.ml on 16 Mar 10:16 next collapse

Please Putin harden your heart and make the internet Chinese. Destroy Terrorgram!

greenbelt@lemy.lol on 17 Mar 12:50 next collapse

Every nation will get a “great firewall” at this rate

eleitl@lemmy.zip on 17 Mar 15:03 collapse

The Great Chinese Firewall isn’t nearly as oppressive.

Eirikr70@jlai.lu on 16 Mar 10:30 next collapse

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.

mistermodal@lemmy.ml on 16 Mar 11:33 collapse

Yeah no, that’s not going to save you, just like when you said that four years ago. The sanctions aren’t even in effect right now, due to the oil crisis. You guys are just so clueless it’s insane

reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml on 16 Mar 15:11 next collapse

“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?

Allero@lemmy.today on 17 Mar 13:00 next collapse

As before, keep on coming up with more sophisticated ways to trick the automatic detection.

ki9@lemmy.gf4.pw on 17 Mar 23:00 collapse

“Obfuscation”, tunneling vpn traffic through harmless-looking https or wss. I use wstunnel, but there are other options.

ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 17 Mar 11:51 next collapse

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

Allero@lemmy.today on 17 Mar 12:59 next collapse

Russia got extremely good at deep packet inspection and determining all sorts of protocols.

Most existing protocols are now blocked for connections outside the country

eleitl@lemmy.zip on 17 Mar 15:02 collapse

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.

greenbelt@lemy.lol on 17 Mar 12:49 next collapse

Can russians use tor as a proxy?

Allero@lemmy.today on 17 Mar 12:58 collapse

Via bridges, yes

greenbelt@lemy.lol on 17 Mar 13:00 collapse

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

Allero@lemmy.today on 17 Mar 13:34 collapse

Tor is relatively slow and bridges are regularly blocked. It’s a high-effort, low-bandwith option, so most people still prefer more traditional VPNs.

greenbelt@lemy.lol on 17 Mar 13:57 collapse

Tor is fast enough for text-media communications. The innovations of mass internet video have spoiled us.

eleitl@lemmy.zip on 17 Mar 14:59 collapse

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

Allero@lemmy.today on 17 Mar 20:38 collapse

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.