Messengers of WhatsApp, Viber and Telegram under the threat of blocking in Russia
Known, but not the most popular instant messengers Blackberry, Imo and Line were blocked in Russia after the developers refused to transmit information about the activity of users and their personal data at the request of special services. Experts state that now the most popular instant messengers are under the threat of blocking - WhatsApp, Viber and Telegram.
Similarly, China acts, there have been precedents in the US, and Saudi Arabia and Turkey are blocking many messaging services and social networks, Pravda notes.
According to Roskomnadzor, the blockage is as follows: the messenger's site will be blocked, why the addresses for communicating with the server from which the messenger receives and to whom it transmits messages, also the applications will be lost from the Russian version of the Google Play and App Store stores (also they can not be updated, To get the "unlocked version").
Is it possible to block in our country WhatsApp, Viber and Telegram?
"Yes, WhatsApp, Viber, Telegrams can be blocked tomorrow, if such a decision is made by the competent authorities. Purely technically, there are no other extreme difficulties: it can be a lock both simple and for especially tricky ones ", - the interlocutor of the publication shared.
"A simple lock is to remove applications from the main platform stores, preventing users from downloading the messenger or its updated version with the changed servers, blocking the messenger sites and blocking the IP addresses of the servers with which the instant messengers communicate for receiving and transmitting messages, calls, and T. D ", - he said.
According to the expert, this in most cases and for most users is enough: 100% of users will not crack their smartphones, install "jailbreaks" and root-rights, fool with the VPN.
"Smart is when you use DPI equipment, which allows you to analyze traffic even if you protect its VPN. It is installed on the peering points and on the main Internet access operators. Then the messenger traffic is blocked at the most basic level. If necessary, this means will be applied, "the expert explained.
According to the representative of the agency, negotiations are still under way and compromise options are being discussed to ensure the implementation of Russian legislation. However, if the messengers are categorically against the implementation of the laws of the Russian Federation, sooner or later they will be blocked.
Sooner or later everyone will have to agree, experts believe. And there are several reasons: it's not just about the possible loss of the gigantic Russian market, but also in the "political attitudes of the authorities of the countries in which they (social networks and messengers) are developed."
Earlier in Russia, the LinkedIn social network was blocked, which refused to transfer personal data of Russians to the country within the framework of the "law of Yarovoi".
Known, but not the most popular instant messengers Blackberry, Imo and Line were blocked in Russia after the developers refused to transmit information about the activity of users and their personal data at the request of special services. Experts state that now the most popular instant messengers are under the threat of blocking - WhatsApp, Viber and Telegram.
Similarly, China acts, there have been precedents in the US, and Saudi Arabia and Turkey are blocking many messaging services and social networks, Pravda notes.
According to Roskomnadzor, the blockage is as follows: the messenger's site will be blocked, why the addresses for communicating with the server from which the messenger receives and to whom it transmits messages, also the applications will be lost from the Russian version of the Google Play and App Store stores (also they can not be updated, To get the "unlocked version").
Is it possible to block in our country WhatsApp, Viber and Telegram?
"Yes, WhatsApp, Viber, Telegrams can be blocked tomorrow, if such a decision is made by the competent authorities. Purely technically, there are no other extreme difficulties: it can be a lock both simple and for especially tricky ones ", - the interlocutor of the publication shared.
"A simple lock is to remove applications from the main platform stores, preventing users from downloading the messenger or its updated version with the changed servers, blocking the messenger sites and blocking the IP addresses of the servers with which the instant messengers communicate for receiving and transmitting messages, calls, and T. D ", - he said.
According to the expert, this in most cases and for most users is enough: 100% of users will not crack their smartphones, install "jailbreaks" and root-rights, fool with the VPN.
"Smart is when you use DPI equipment, which allows you to analyze traffic even if you protect its VPN. It is installed on the peering points and on the main Internet access operators. Then the messenger traffic is blocked at the most basic level. If necessary, this means will be applied, "the expert explained.
According to the representative of the agency, negotiations are still under way and compromise options are being discussed to ensure the implementation of Russian legislation. However, if the messengers are categorically against the implementation of the laws of the Russian Federation, sooner or later they will be blocked.
Sooner or later everyone will have to agree, experts believe. And there are several reasons: it's not just about the possible loss of the gigantic Russian market, but also in the "political attitudes of the authorities of the countries in which they (social networks and messengers) are developed."
Earlier in Russia, the LinkedIn social network was blocked, which refused to transfer personal data of Russians to the country within the framework of the "law of Yarovoi".
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