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   feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Saturday, 15-Mar-2025 07:57:18 JST feld

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   • Vlad L 🇺🇦🦀
   @vladimir_lu @delta depends. I don't know the details of what's happening in Russia right now but it sounds like they've been adopting some of the same DPI gear/techniques China uses in which case a VPN or some other overlay network (tor, i2p, yggdrasil, whatever) is probably not going to work.
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     Inex Code (inex@pony.social)'s status on Saturday, 15-Mar-2025 08:24:45 JST Inex Code

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     @feld @delta @vladimir_lu also Signal fails in Russia because it can't deliver a verification SMS during registration. So VPNs don't help in this case.

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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Saturday, 15-Mar-2025 09:04:19 JST feld

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     • Vlad L 🇺🇦🦀
     @tyx @delta @vladimir_lu are you using a private Matrix server or something? Matrix, SimpleX, and others being unavailable was reported by people online back in September.
     
     > tor obfuscation
     
     yeah this is tricky because there are so few nodes running Snowflake etc so it's hard for people to use it.
     
     > some VPNs still work
     
     so they haven't gone quite as hard as China yet. Interesting.
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     tyx (tyx@lor.sh)'s status on Saturday, 15-Mar-2025 09:04:20 JST tyx

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     @feld @delta @vladimir_lu
     I know a bit about what happens in RU for some reason. Some VPNs still work, tor works with the bridges and obfuscation, ssh-tunneling works. For talking to my friends Matrix just works as well.

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     tyx (tyx@lor.sh)'s status on Saturday, 15-Mar-2025 09:58:35 JST tyx

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     @feld @delta @vladimir_lu
     >Matrix, SimpleX, and others being unavailable was reported by people online back in September.
     Apparently strictness of the blocking depends on the provider.
     matrix.org is not in the official blocklist. Chances are my friends use VPN though, I never asked.

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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Saturday, 15-Mar-2025 09:58:55 JST feld

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     @tyx @delta @vladimir_lu thanks for sharing