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Russian official admits completely banning VPNs is 'simply impossible' (www.techradar.com)
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Head of Russia's Human Rights Council admits banning VPNs is "impossible"

Attempting to block all VPNs would disrupt businesses and banks

The official still condemned citizens using VPNs to access blocked media

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[โ€“] Krusty@quokk.au 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

SOCKS proxies are plentiful.... Just find one using a non-standard port and it'll likely not be detected.

[โ€“] AloneDownUnder@quokk.au 4 points 1 hour ago

I've heard about socks for obfuscation of vpn traffic, but never understood how to configure it. Is it possible to use socks with your own wireguard server, or with some free/cheap vpn?