BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  Russia moves to 'reduce V
De:       August Abolins
Data:     Thu, 2 Apr 2026 19:05:00 -0400
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Hello Kurt Weiske!

** On Thursday 02.04.26 - 07:35, Kurt Weiske wrote to Mike Powell:

 -=>> Mike Powell wrote to All <=-

 MP>> Russian news outlet Kommersant reports that major digital platforms
 MP>> will soon be required to block users identified as using a VPN. Failure
 MP>> to comply could result in a platform being removed from the countrys
 MP>> "whitelist"  an official registry of approved websites accessible to
 MP>> the Russian public.

 KW>  "identified"

 KW>  Good luck with that.

The particular users may not be identified, but an IP address offered by a  
VPN is public info.  So, if the platform can detect IP, it will simply point  
back to a VPN service, whereupon the platform can then block the attempt to  
continue.
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