Door Anoniem: …als het aan de Roverheid ligt...

Door Anoniem: En als je nou thuis een vpn-server hebt draaien, omdat als je in het buitenland bent, je via die vpn verbinding bijvoorbeeld je nederlandse Netflix wilt kijken? Wordt dat ook afgestraft?

Door Anoniem: Indien men het niet kan detecteren met DPI, dan detecteert men het toch op basis van de bekende TOR nodes waarmee mensen communiceren. Daar helpt PT helemaal niet tegen. DPI is niet perse nodig om TOR te kunnen detecteren/blokkeren. Het maakt het enkel gemakkelijker.

Door Anoniem: Over 5 tot 10 jaar ook in NL als het aan de Roverheid ligt...

The internet has long been a wild horse the Kremlin struggled to tame. Authorities first understood the scale of the problem during the 2011-12 Bolotnaya protests, which were organized and coordinated online.

A crackdown of sorts ensued as the authorities attempted to wrest back control. In short succession, they introduced new injunctions, restrictions, and new draconian legislation.

But the actions made little difference because Russian internet users learned to adapt. They learned to navigate online obstacles imposed by the government by using secure virtual private networks (VPNs) and other anonymizing software. They moved their correspondence to encrypted messengers that can’t be easily monitored. They used social networking sites that refused to store users’ personal data on Russian servers. Protesters still coordinate demonstrations through social media and online messenger apps.

The authorities, however, are determined to catch up. This month, Russia’s lower chamber of parliament is considering two bills that would restrict the internet even further.

One would heavily restrict the use of VPN services and anonymizing software. The other aims to wipe out anonymity in messengers by forcing them to tie user accounts with cell phone numbers and people’s identities.

But even if introduced, there is no guarantee the new laws will work.
“[Authorities] don’t have the means to control the internet,” Anton Merkurov, an independent IT analyst, told The Moscow Times. “Hence the incompetent, unimplementable laws.”