Post #2482124
2026-03-21 12:19 UTC
@cybertailor@craba.cab @foxy@floss.social right. That's super sus.
One thing I don't get is how is Telegram being blocked if alternative clients can still reach its infrastructure? What am I missing here?
Is it a "users in Russia vs. users outside of Russia" thing? Or is Telegram "blocked" by being removed from the Play Store only, not on the network level? Or do these alternative clients not work from within Russia (well, apart from Telega I guess)?
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@cybertailor@craba.cab 2026-03-21 12:22
@rysiek@mstdn.social @foxy@floss.social Russia blocks Telegram on the network level https://explorer.ooni.org/ru/chart/mat?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram Alternative clients also don't work without a proxy or VPN.
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@skobkin@gts.skobk.in 2026-03-21 13:25
@rysiek@mstdn.social @cybertailor@craba.cab @foxy@floss.social "Telega" is using their own servers to reach Telegram (and also for MITM, of course). They're not circumventing the blocking, they pretending to do that by creating a false image of what they do. And sadly that works for some people.