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Russia starts rolling out DPI filtration tech that might finally block Telegram
Russia’s federal censor has started testing new digital filtration equipment that could finally make it possible to block access to the instant messenger Telegram. A source participating in the pilot project told the news website RBC that DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) technology is rolling out in Russia’s Ural Federal District, enabling ISPs to analyze and filter specific Internet traffic (a more sophisticated form of online censorship than simply blocking whole IP addresses, which has failed against Telegram).
RBC’s sources say the company “DTsOA” has been tasked with supplying the new hardware to Internet Service Providers throughout the Ural Federal District by the end of the year. DTsOA’s former CEO is reportedly Rashid Ismailov, Nokia’s former head of Russian operations and Russia’s former deputy communications minister.
According to RBC, the new hardware is already active in Yekaterinburg, and it’s currently expanding to Chelyabinsk, Tyumen, and other cities in the region. The equipment is being supplied primarily to ISPs providing home Internet access, and the new DPI filtration apparently isn’t around the clock. All providers reportedly have access to a kill switch, in the event that the new hardware somehow malfunctions. https://www.rbc.ru/technology_and_media/26/09/2019/5d8b4c1c9a7947d3c58f9a48
☣️ Roskomnadzor will reportedly monitor how severely the new filtration systems degrade Internet speeds, and verify that the equipment blocks everything the authorities have blacklisted, and nothing else.
☣️ The pilot project is part of the government’s implementation of a controversial “RuNet isolation” initiative that takes effect on November 1, 2019, wherein the state will ensure that Russia’s domestic Internet network continues to function, even if it is disconnected from the outside world.
https://meduza.io/en/news/2019/09/27/russia-starts-rolling-out-dpi-filtration-tech-that-might-finally-block-telegram
#russia #blocking #telegram #dpi #filtration
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Russia’s federal censor has started testing new digital filtration equipment that could finally make it possible to block access to the instant messenger Telegram. A source participating in the pilot project told the news website RBC that DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) technology is rolling out in Russia’s Ural Federal District, enabling ISPs to analyze and filter specific Internet traffic (a more sophisticated form of online censorship than simply blocking whole IP addresses, which has failed against Telegram).
RBC’s sources say the company “DTsOA” has been tasked with supplying the new hardware to Internet Service Providers throughout the Ural Federal District by the end of the year. DTsOA’s former CEO is reportedly Rashid Ismailov, Nokia’s former head of Russian operations and Russia’s former deputy communications minister.
According to RBC, the new hardware is already active in Yekaterinburg, and it’s currently expanding to Chelyabinsk, Tyumen, and other cities in the region. The equipment is being supplied primarily to ISPs providing home Internet access, and the new DPI filtration apparently isn’t around the clock. All providers reportedly have access to a kill switch, in the event that the new hardware somehow malfunctions. https://www.rbc.ru/technology_and_media/26/09/2019/5d8b4c1c9a7947d3c58f9a48
☣️ Roskomnadzor will reportedly monitor how severely the new filtration systems degrade Internet speeds, and verify that the equipment blocks everything the authorities have blacklisted, and nothing else.
☣️ The pilot project is part of the government’s implementation of a controversial “RuNet isolation” initiative that takes effect on November 1, 2019, wherein the state will ensure that Russia’s domestic Internet network continues to function, even if it is disconnected from the outside world.
https://meduza.io/en/news/2019/09/27/russia-starts-rolling-out-dpi-filtration-tech-that-might-finally-block-telegram
#russia #blocking #telegram #dpi #filtration
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A curated list of open-source anti-censorship tools
https://github.com/danoctavian/awesome-anti-censorship
#censorship #censorshipcircumvention #firewall #DPI #ISP
https://github.com/danoctavian/awesome-anti-censorship
#censorship #censorshipcircumvention #firewall #DPI #ISP
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GitHub - danoctavian/awesome-anti-censorship: curated list of open-source anti-censorship tools
curated list of open-source anti-censorship tools. Contribute to danoctavian/awesome-anti-censorship development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Q&A: Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights rules UK mass surveillance laws violate privacy and freedom of expression rights | Privacy International – https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/4525/qa-grand-chamber-european-court-human-rights-rules-uk-mass-surveillance-laws-violate
#UK #PrivacyInternational #BigBrotherWatchUK #dpi #SecretServices
In a nutshell, one of the world’s most important courts, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights, found that certain UK laws about how intelligence agencies can spy on our internet communications breach our rights to privacy and freedom of expression. These surveillance laws have meant that the UK intelligence agencies can sweep up huge amounts of our internet communications (what is referred to in the law as a rather technical and harmless sounding ‘bulk interception’) in secret and without any oversight. This can include social media posts, emails sent and received, internet searches, websites you visit, and apps that you use.
#UK #PrivacyInternational #BigBrotherWatchUK #dpi #SecretServices
How ISPs block websites with DPI - Technical Dive (Deep Packet Inspection)
https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=hkwenjoUgyg&local=true
This is a rough overview of how DPI works. It is important to realize that your ISP (Internet Service Provider) is your gateway to the internet, they have the ability to read all the packets that go through your internet connection. This may be illegal in some countries, maybe not.
Most applications now use secure, encrypted channels (Client to server, not necessarily end to end) - such as websites using HTTPS, which means the ISP cannot see the actual messages / information you exchange. But even with HTTPS, or a 3rd party #DNS, it is possible to know what websites you visit, in most cases.
This video covers how that information is "leaked" and how ISPs like Jio, Airtel, etc. are able to block #torrent and porn websites, even on HTTPS.
#DPI #Censorship #Wireshark #ISP
https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=hkwenjoUgyg&local=true
This is a rough overview of how DPI works. It is important to realize that your ISP (Internet Service Provider) is your gateway to the internet, they have the ability to read all the packets that go through your internet connection. This may be illegal in some countries, maybe not.
Most applications now use secure, encrypted channels (Client to server, not necessarily end to end) - such as websites using HTTPS, which means the ISP cannot see the actual messages / information you exchange. But even with HTTPS, or a 3rd party #DNS, it is possible to know what websites you visit, in most cases.
This video covers how that information is "leaked" and how ISPs like Jio, Airtel, etc. are able to block #torrent and porn websites, even on HTTPS.
#DPI #Censorship #Wireshark #ISP