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Russian official admits completely banning VPNs is 'simply impossible' (www.techradar.com)

submitted 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) by LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] jasoman@lemmy.world 15 points 57 minutes ago

Europe be like... liar we going to try anyway.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 6 points 39 minutes ago (1 children)

I'll go ahead and file that one under "Yeah, no shit lol"

[–] LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world 1 points 14 minutes ago

That won't stop republicans in Utah from trying though. They'll figure it out eventually.

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 3 points 23 minutes ago

Good

[–] Krusty@quokk.au 3 points 37 minutes ago

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