The multinational has removed dozens of apps, even though the Kremlin’s censorship body did not order the move. These services, half-permitted by the government, enable people in Russia to access social networks and independent media

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      1 month ago

      It’s not about where the connection is going, it’s about what the connection is. There are ways to detect connection based on type.

      The high school I went to could autodetect and block wireguard connections, and then it would kick you off of the internet for 10 minutes. No matter what VPN server I used, wireguard would be detected.

      Deep packet inspection and tricks like this can be used to automatically detect vpns. In order to “beat” them, you have you use a stealthier vpn protocol, that can disguise itself as more innocuous traffic. @[email protected] mentions some of the stealthy vpn protocols.