SimpleX Chat is blocked in Russia. We might have a solution next week.
@simplex Will that solution also work against sysadmins who block ports/protocols/P2P/tor on their network?
@ON8SD it should
@simplex @ON8SD Made me curious about the solution. But I'll guess we'll find out more about it soon enough.
#russia #block #bypass #circumvention #unblock #networking #availability
@simplex proxy as in signal and/or Tor network bridges
@iuvi @simplex Unfortunately, Tor bridges are being blocked as well :(
@simplex How did you get the news of #SimpleX being blocked? Did #roskomnadzor sent any letters similar to https://delta.chat/en/2020-05-01-roskamnadzor #deltachat received in the past?
Delta Chat: Russia's request for Delta Chat user data ... declined.

On April 27th we received a letter from Roskomnadzor, the russian supervisor of communications and information technology. They requested us to provide access to Delta Chat user data and register w...

@delta @simplex probably silently and without notice, since it is not officially blocked but still unavailable
@delta @simplex Is there a solution now?
@simplex Did they blacklist all the SimpleX servers or are they performing a deep packet inspection to reject/drop packets over the SMP protocol?
@simplex but..but.. SimpleX is decentralized right? And no dns? How can Russia block you? Please explain.
@simplex Still no response? If you want to convince me and others to use SimpleX please could somebody explain this situation?
@simplex When will the solution for Russia come and how will it work?
SimpleX network: cryptographic design review by Trail of Bits, v6.1 released with better calls and user experience.

@simplex I recommend you use diode.io a blockchian transport layer, we unblocked discord and other programmes from censored areas.
@jamest65 what problem would it solve?