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I no longer live in Russia, so can't tell if it is true, but from what I'm reading, Telegram devs used a clever hack to bypass the blocking. They say Telegram
by kovrik 8y ago
I no longer live in Russia, so can't tell if it is true, but from what I'm reading, Telegram devs used a clever hack to bypass the blocking.
They say Telegram is using service PUSH notifications (DC_UPDATE - https://core.telegram.org/api/push-updates https://core.telegram.org/api/push-updates) to send new server's IP.
Apparently, those push updates come from Apple/Google/Microsoft notification servers. So if Roskomnadzor blocks those servers, then all push notifications will stop working altogether (not only for Telegram).
Does anybody know if it is possible?
Also, Roskomnadzor asked Apple/Google/Microsoft to delete Telegram app from their app stores.
UPD1: Obviously, Web version of Telegram won't work as it doesn't have/use push notifications.
UPD2: Roskomnadzor blocked ~800,000 Amazon IPs and more than 1,000,000 Google IPs. People say they're having issues with Viber calls
- jwegan 8y agoYes it is possible. Typically this usage of push is done more to pre-fetch content to improve load times, but it certainly can be used in the way you described.
- est 8y agoYes it's possible. Few years back ppl on HN says Chinese government don't dare to block Gmail because it's waaaaayyy too important. Turns out authoritarian governments don't give a fuck. Ppl keep inventing the same wheel. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collateral_freedom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collateral_freedom
- y_molodtsov 8y agoThankfully the Russian regulator doesn’t feel that kind of power.