Nina Kalinina1d ago

RE: https://oldbytes.space/@bitsavers/116346860152891077

I can confirm; the number of ways my parents could reach out to me is decreasing. I can give them a call, but the calls from their side aren't reaching me. My primary email cannot interact with their primary email, but at least emails from their secondary email reach mine, and vice versa. The Russian government can read our email correspondence this way, of course.

The VPN is getting actively erased, and there are even rumours of criminalising the use of VPN services, so my parents are afraid of using one. It's even more interesting with the government basically mandating the installation of a government MITM&MDM software on all the mobile devices.

Things are grim. Gotta ask my dad whether he has any interest in returning to the HAM radio circles :D

Show threadYukari Hafner 1d ago
@nina_kali_nina I assume having your parents set up Thunderbird with PGP/MIME would be too tall a hurdle?
Show threadNina Kalinina1d ago
@shinmera most likely; they don't like following my advice at all :D
Show threadYukari Hafner 
@nina_kali_nina  right
Apr 4 at 10:55pmWeb
Show threadNina Kalinina22h ago
@shinmera well, my parents are somewhat far right, I don't like their opinions, they don't like mine...
Show threadTim 🛥️🌈22h ago
@nina_kali_nina
I'm guessing they don't want to leave either?
Show threadNina Kalinina22h ago
@spodlife mostly, but it's complicated. There are very few places where they could move, and it's not an easy decision to leave 70 years of your life and graves of your parents behind.
Show threadYukari Hafner 22h ago
@nina_kali_nina