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Apple quietly deletes nearly a hundred VPNs that allowed Russians to get around censorship (english.elpais.com)

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The multinational has removed dozens of apps, even though the Kremlin’s censorship body did not order the move. These services, half-permitted by the government, enable people in Russia to access social networks and independent media

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[-] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 54 points 4 days ago

Suspicious!

You can use most VPN services via the Wireguard or OpenVPN apps though, or even via some of the protocols natively supported by iOS not requiring any third-party app.

[-] noodles@sh.itjust.works 54 points 4 days ago

Normies never heard about wireguard nor openvpn, this enough to deter a lot of ppl imo

[-] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 11 points 4 days ago

Oh I'm not trying to imply otherwise.

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