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Russia Seeking To Ban Tor, VPNs and Other Anonymizing Tools
An anonymous reader writes Three separate Russian authorities have spoken out in favor of banning online anonymizing tools since February 5th, with particular emphasis on Tor, which — despite its popularity with whistle-blowers such as Edward Snowden and with online activists — Russia's Safe Internet League describes as an 'Anonymous network used primarily to commit crimes'. The three authorities involved are the Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications, powerful Russian media watchdog Roskomnadzor and the Safe Internet League, comprising the country's top three network providers, including state telecoms provider Rostelecom. Roskomnadzor's press secretary Vadim Roskomnadzora Ampelonsky describes the obstacles to identifying and blocking Tor and VPN traffic as "difficult, but solvable."
"China started assaulting VPNs recently as well."
China has been blocking VPNs since 2011. It seems like an annual ritual. Here is a typical article from back then:
http://www.theguardian.com/tec...
Eventually the blocking eases, or people figure out another way around. It becomes a game of "whack-a-mole".
Both countries have small penises. Can we please move on.
I dunno, Alaska and Kamchatka are both sizable peninsulas.
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Godwin'd!
I'm just here to regulate Funkyness