🇷🇺 Russia wants China's Great Firewall

After Tuta Mail, it's now also blocking #Signal & #WhatsApp to stop its citizens from using #encryption

Together with @torproject, @fightforfuture and others we are standing up to say: Stop! ✊

Everyone deserves #privacy.

Read our open letter: 👉 https://tuta.com/blog/tutanota-blocked-russia

@detonator @Tutanota @torproject @fightforfuture The answer to your question is in the linked 'open letter'... ;)

But sure, VPN is based on specific protocols which of cause can be filtered. One can try obfuscation e.g. with tools as Shadowsocks (https://shadowsocks.org/doc/what-is-shadowsocks.html).

What is Shadowsocks? | Shadowsocks

A fast tunnel proxy that helps you bypass firewalls.