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Russia Prepares RuStore VPN Ban After Declaring RuStore Installation Mandatory (torrentfreak.com)

submitted 1 year ago by glowie@infosec.pub to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] doctorn@r.nf 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"the register of prohibited information",...

That just sounds to me like Russia has some powerful locked-up black magic.

[–] Synnr@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

Some. Putin won't fuck with the Pope though. You know why you never hear about Putin threatening to de-nazify Vatican city? That's right, the Secret Archives.

[–] HerbalGamer@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

They'll be coming for RuPaul next

[–] hackris@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the third post talking about this ban and it got me thinking.

Would it be possible to hide the VPN traffic in HTTPS traffic? Something like HTTPS bridges for Tor, but instead of Tor traffic going through the bridge, it would be VPN traffic?

[–] Boring@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean you can tunnel any traffic through SSH or SSL. Its pretty easy.

[–] hackris@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good to know. My brain stopped working when I typed that... So I guess it would be very beneficial to spin up a spare server for my Russian friends to access western media after this goes live.

[–] Boring@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Easily, here's a resource if you need it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtuAdk4MwWw

[–] zShxck@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How this will impact piracy?

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because you won't be able to get a VPN on RuStore anymore

[–] ksynwa@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What is rustore?

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's like the Playstore. Lots of smaller countries have their own version of the store, for control or sanction reasons. RuStore in particular is mandatory to have installed by all Russian OEMs

[–] ksynwa@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks

[–] Synnr@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's all right there in the article bud/budette.