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The title is misleading. Russia hasn't banned tor, at least not yet. Some ISP's though blocked access to some tor nodes several days ago.
by selivanovp 5y ago
The title is misleading. Russia hasn't banned tor, at least not yet. Some ISP's though blocked access to some tor nodes several days ago.
- bsedlm 5y agois there a difference? if Russia had indeed banned tor, what would have happened? what would they have done which is different from 'some ISPs in Russia block access to tor'?
- shrvtv 5y agoTL;DR: no, it is not misleading. Roskomnadzor (government entity) sent an email to abuse@hetzner.com, saying that if Tor doesn't delete information prohibited in Russia or at least limit access to it from Russia (like Fastmail did when they got this email) it will get banned countrywide. Since there were no details provided about such «information» and where to find it AND Tor is unable to comply AND the fact that it is virtually impossible to connect to Tor from any mobile device; I conclude that is getting banned starting now. I hope, really hope to be wrong, but right now it's a sad reality.
- foverzar 5y ago> Since there were no details provided about such «information» and where to find it AND Tor is unable to comply Is there a source to this? It reads like something too ridiculous to be true with no additional crucial details. Doesn't RKN have a public registry for "blocked" information, that everyone is supposed to pull from? I now wonder how the Tor Project had reacted to similar precedents (probably didn't at all?)
- Arech 5y agoIt's a reality. Welcome to Russia
- aasasd 5y agoAny proxy services that don't implement RKN's filtering rules are already forbidden for a couple years at least (iirc). There's no need for express banning of Tor.