Russia Goes After VPNs As 'Great Crackdown' Gathers Pace (yahoo.com)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/03/31/2233209/russia-goes-after-vpns-as-great-crackdown-gathers-pace
- Source link: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/russia-goes-vpns-great-crackdown-082317909.html
> Russia is going to [1]further clamp down Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), which are used by millions of Russians to get around internet controls and censorship, Russia's digital minister said. In what has been cast by diplomats as Russia's "great crackdown," the authorities have repeatedly blocked mobile internet and jammed major messenger services while giving sweeping powers to cut off mass communications. "The task is reduce VPN usage," Digital Minister Maksut Shadayev said on state-backed messenger MAX late on Monday, adding that his ministry was trying to impose the limits with minimal impact on users. He said decisions had been taken to restrict access to a number of unidentified foreign platforms without giving details.
[1] https://uk.news.yahoo.com/russia-goes-vpns-great-crackdown-082317909.html
different mindsets (Score:2)
One approach is for government to control its people, where "the people should be afraid of their government".
Dictators, absolute monarchies, military juntas, despotisms, all tend to go with this plan.
The other approach is for people to control their government, where "the government should be afraid of its people".
Democracies, parliaments, and parliamentary monarchies tend to go with this other plan.
I guess it's time for Russians to be afraid of their government again?
Food shortages (Score:2)
Trump's stupid illegal war is on track to start causing food shortages. This is Putin getting out ahead of that. No matter how much you oppress people if they're starving to death they will act against you. You can cut them down with machine guns but you run the risk of the rest of the world using that as an excuse to turn against you. At a certain point no matter how much dirt Putin has on Trump he won't be able to keep letting him bypass sanctions then.
Suuure (Score:2)
When Russia does it it's a "great crackdown" when we do it it's "think of the children"