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posted by martyb on Monday July 31 2017, @09:28PM   Printer-friendly
from the someone's-watching-you dept.

Russia has banned VPNs capable of circumventing website blocking, and will require users of chat apps to have a phone number associated with their accounts:

Vladimir Putin has banned virtual private networks (VPNs) and Tor in a crackdown on apps that allow access to websites prohibited in Russia. The law, signed by Mr Putin, was passed by Russia's parliament last week and will now come into force on 1 November. A second law to ban anonymous use of online messaging services will take effect on 1 January next year.

It would make it easier for the state to snoop on citizens' browsing habits, one internet security expert suggested.

The laws signed by Mr Putin are meant only to block access to "unlawful content" and not target law-abiding web users, the head of the lower house of parliament said, according to the RIA news agency.

One feature of the second law is the provision to require internet operators to restrict users' access if they are found to be distributing illegal content.

Also at Engadget, ZDNet, RT, TechCrunch, and CNET.

Related: Apple Capitulates, Removes Unlicensed VPN Apps From China App Store


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by kaszz on Tuesday August 01 2017, @12:28AM (1 child)

    by kaszz (4211) on Tuesday August 01 2017, @12:28AM (#547443) Journal

    Plebs are easily swayed mainly because of deficient minds. It's not like no internet and instead broadcast media + newspapers were solving it.
    Besides there is a Russian tradition of samizdat and they might just revive it.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 02 2017, @04:38AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 02 2017, @04:38AM (#547842)

    >Plebs are easily swayed mainly because of deficient minds.

    You say this, and you give your life an example:
    You, a white man, oppose men taking cute sweet pretty female children as brides.

    Instead you wish for men to be ruled over by women.

    You oppose your own interests. A young girl is prettier, nicer, and easier to control for you, but you reject this.
    You are a white man. A golem of the white woman.

    A beast of burden for her.