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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.
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(Score: 2) by Lester on Tuesday August 01 2017, @04:31PM (1 child)
Governments don't like encryption. For the moment in west countries, encryption is legal, but I think that it is because they have other means to access data (backdoors, etc) and don't want to start a battle liberty vs security. But strong encryption is reaching mainstream and makes impossible or too expensive to break security, so they are making legal movements like Apple and FBI [wikipedia.org].
We are going there, but in the grounds of fight against terrorism, drug dealers and child porn.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 02 2017, @04:45AM
Making the world safe for the white woman.
And you white men love it because you worship the cunt.
Make sure no man ever gets a cute sweet young girl bride. That would be against the white woman's interests.