On the 11th. They have a kill switch.
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CrystalRaindrops — 4 years ago(March 09, 2022 09:38 AM)
Chernenko’s department said on Monday there were “no plans” to disconnect Russia from the global internet, telling the Russian news agency Interfax that the letter was all about protecting Russian websites from foreign cyberattacks.
According to Alena Epifanova, a Russian cyber-policy expert at the German Council on Foreign Relations, this explanation is quite plausible. “To me, it looks like a normal, reasonable document against the cyberattacks which we observe,” she told Fortune on Monday.
Indeed, Russian online services have been heavily targeted in recent cyberattacks, partly thanks to Ukraine’s enormous volunteer “IT army” and partly because the online hacker collective Anonymous has also declared a “cyber warfare campaign” against Putin and his allies.
“Pretty well every single website in Russia has gone down in the last week, at some stage or another,” said Rafal Rohozinski, principal at the research and strategy outfit SecDev Group. “There’s a lot of concern about that.”
But there's a good reason why some suspect a disconnection is in the works.
https://fortune.com/2022/03/07/russia-runet-disconnect-ukraine-dns-chernenko-letter/ -
CrystalRaindrops — 4 years ago(March 11, 2022 11:59 PM)
It's the 11th and they still have internet! They blocked Instagram, though.
Russia's state media watchdog Roskomnadzor says Instagram will be blocked in the country due to "calls for violence" against Russian soldiers.
Instagram owner Meta said it would let its users in some countries call for violence against Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian soldiers.
It will temporarily allow some violent posts such as "death to the Russian invaders" that usually break its rules.
However, it says it won't permit calls for violence against Russian civilians.
In response to Meta's shift in policy, Russia called on the US to stop the social media giant's "extremist activities".
On Friday, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office called for a criminal investigation to be launched against Meta, citing Russian propaganda and extremism laws, according to a statement quoted by privately-owned news agency Interfax.
The agency added that the Prosecutor General's Office had asked state media watchdog Roskomnadzor to restrict access to Instagram over the "distribution of information materials containing calls to carry out violent actions against Russians, including servicemen".
On 4 March, Roskomnadzor said it was blocking access to Facebook in Russia over "discrimination" against Russian media.
Meta owns Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp.
However, WhatsApp is not currently being blocked in Russia, as it is a messaging platform rather than a social network.
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CrystalRaindrops — 4 years ago(March 12, 2022 12:04 AM)
He's using VPNs:
Russians are turning to virtual private networks to bypass the country's tightening internet controls following the invasion of Ukraine. VPNs can mask an internet user's identity and location to help them access blocked websites and services.
