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"Signal is being blocked in Venezuela and Russia. The app is a popular choice for encrypted messaging and people trying to avoid government censorship, and the blocks appear to be part of a crackdown on internal dissent in both countries..."

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[โ€“] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It depends. Somehow it has to discover the peers. Other than that, they could block traffic between residential IP addresses and there goes large part of the P2P network

[โ€“] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 10 points 3 months ago

Russia and Venezuela are huge hotbeds of piracy from populations without access or capital to access most forms of entertainment.

Breaking P2P in this manner would basically be getting rid of the circus part of bread and circuses. Not a good move for an authoritarian.