Russian official admits completely banning VPNs is 'simply impossible'
2026-05-13 17:56 UTC
Replies (13)
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@Smaile@lemmy.ca 2026-05-14 04:08
really? russia cant stop it? perhaps this is good news for the people of the world that if a nation like russia cant stop it then that might bode well for the rest of us in dire conditions where we might need it.
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@x00z@lemmy.world 2026-05-14 07:10
Russia has become very good in blocking all kinds of VPN and even obfuscated VPN traffic. My Russian friend is currently using VLESS to bypass the Deep Packet Inspection and it seems very promising.
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@jasoman@lemmy.world 2026-05-13 18:37
Europe be like... liar we going to try anyway.
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@_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 2026-05-13 18:55
I'll go ahead and file that one under "Yeah, no shit lol"
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@alakey@piefed.social 2026-05-13 20:25
Iran has switched to intranet and isn't looking back. They now started selling foreign traffic at ridiculous prices and only to licensed companies, not consumers. Naturally, this created a black market with even more exorbitant prices, but that isn't really a concern when it stops quite literally 99% of the traffic from reaching outside, and russia has already been planning to cut off foreign traffic as a whole in a similar fashion, except for now they are proposing that ISPs should provide the "internet+" plan to the regular users as well. All this to say - they aren't saying "oh well, we can't block VPNs anyway, so we give up", they are justifying the upcoming internet blackout, with the best case scenario where ISPs can provide much more expensive plans for foreign traffic. Not a lot of people are going to have the finances and ability to go through the trouble of paying for the internet access, foreign traffic and a bleeding edge VPN to access youtube. Also lol @ him claiming internet censorship and restricting freedom of speech are different things, when a state newspaper recently published an article claiming that the iranian internet blackout is a massive attack on human rights and might lead to the end of the regime (check out Steve Rosenberg on YT if you are curious).
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@Brewchin@lemmy.world 2026-05-13 22:39
Orly? You don't say. The sooner UK PLC gets this into their thick, ideological skulls the better. 👀
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@Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-05-14 14:31
Worry not, the bought up or blackmailed politicians in power in Europe and America will still try it.
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@Krusty@quokk.au 2026-05-13 18:57
SOCKS proxies are plentiful.... Just find one using a non-standard port and it'll likely not be detected.
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@goatinspace@feddit.org 2026-05-13 21:16
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@peopleproblems@lemmy.world 2026-05-13 20:32
Duh
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@fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 2026-05-13 19:11
Good
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@SalamenceFury@piefed.social 2026-05-13 19:01
lol, lmao
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@eleitl@lemmy.zip 2026-05-14 16:44
Yet they keep trying, while pissing off large fraction of the population. Is this being just pigheaded, or treasonous?