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There is a lot of space to speculate on why, with only sparse data of the internal discussions within the Russian state. What little information that has leaked
by belorn 6y ago
There is a lot of space to speculate on why, with only sparse data of the internal discussions within the Russian state. What little information that has leaked do show that tor is listed as something that some individuals within the government want to block, but as it stand, it hasn't happened yet.
My own guess is the simple "follow the money" default stance on issues like this. Tor is likely enabling profits for people within the government, and turning it off has low enough political benefits in comparison. Turning off a west operated VPN has likely a very different economic trade off so it get blocked while tor does not. A direct example off that, with a few implication about the Russian government, is that that tor provide access to hidden service market places while other forms of VPNs do not.
- aasasd 6y agoYeah, that's also interesting to think about. Like, when you forbid something to plebs, you don't really want to cut off the ability for yourself too—there's that ‘research agency’ which needs to run things on Twitter, or whatever comes up tomorrow. So you'd think sysadmins would come up with something so others can't use Tor but you and buddies can. But maybe that would mean giving the sysadmins too much inside info. I also discovered recently that the FSB and company aren't considered monolithic, and a few departments are doing their own things in a sort of ‘competition’. So yeah, it might be that some of them want Tor and don't want the hassle of setting up the exclusions.