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Russia’s crackdown on VPNs reaches new heights as internet restrictions intensify
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this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2026
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"Only VPN tunnels that are pre-approved by state authorities will continue to function," Mazay Banzaev, the Founder of Russia-based Amnezia VPN, told TechRadar in an interview earlier this year."
What defense is there against this? How do you get around this if it's implemented?
"Obfuscation", tunneling vpn traffic through harmless-looking https or wss. I use wstunnel, but there are other options.
As before, keep on coming up with more sophisticated ways to trick the automatic detection.