Russia Bans 1.8M Amazon and Google IPs in Attempt to Block Telegram

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Post by campuscodi » Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 8:26 AM UTC

Russia Bans 1.8M Amazon and Google IPs in Attempt to Block Telegram
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Post by u04f061 » Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 8:35 AM UTC

Insane! Telegram is blocked in my country too but they didn't block millions of IPs I think to achieve that!

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Post by nabc45 » Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 9:21 AM UTC

u04f061 wrote: post #2

Insane! Telegram is blocked in my country too but they didn't block millions of IPs I think to achieve that!

From TFA, Telegram moved to the Amazon and Google clouds to work around the ban, so they needed to block those addresses.

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Post by y_molodtsov » Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 9:24 AM UTC

And they also ordered Apple and Google to remove the app from their stores. I understand there are workarounds, but I'd really like them to respond with "f*ck yourself". It's a shame they won't do that, though.

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Post by ckastner » Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 9:30 AM UTC

If this is indeed a blanket banning of AWS and GCP, then I assume that Amazon and Google will soon remove Telegram.

It might be immoral, but it's the fastest solution to the harm this causes to all other affected customers I can think of.

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Post by golergka » Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 9:31 AM UTC

And yet, Telegram is still working without a proxy or vpn.

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Post by PunchTornado » Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 9:33 AM UTC

So what can telegram do if google and amazon bans them in Russia?

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Post by linjus » Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 9:41 AM UTC

Soon enough, every country will have their own internet. Until the new new internet appears

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Post by xhruso00 » Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 9:45 AM UTC

Does this mean that Google/Amazon customers on mentioned IP addresses are inaccessible? If so, I think Google/Amazon will choose to cease the contract with Telegram.

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Post by cncrnd » Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 9:49 AM UTC

linjus wrote: post #8

Soon enough, every country will have their own internet. Until the new new internet appears

Are you referring to Richard's new internet or Jian Yang's new new internet? Jian Yang's internet is based in China...