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Russia is using DNS and DPI to block YouTube, Telegram and WhatsApp while pushing state-controlled MAX as alternative (www.techradar.com)
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[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 10 points 7 hours ago (7 children)

How do russians get around this? Dont most VPNs offer their own DNS

[–] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 12 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Or DoH, I imagine. I don’t have too much concern for them, there are a lot of people in russia very knowledgeable on circumventing this kind of thing.

[–] ivn@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 3 points 5 hours ago

They block with DPI so DoH would not be enough.

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