I live in Russia and with all this “VPN is restricted” fuss I’ve yet to meet someone without VPN on their phone. Most people use free VPN services, some are paying for it, me and my friends use VPN we set up on VPS.
I live in Russia and with all this “VPN is restricted” fuss I’ve yet to meet someone without VPN on their phone. Most people use free VPN services, some are paying for it, me and my friends use VPN we set up on VPS.
They need a new enemy every now and then. If the current enemy happens to be exterminated, they’ll need one sooner, but they’ll need a new one anyways.
Thankfully I don’t have people I need on WhatsApp, but it took some convincing.
Nowadays I only have dentist and barbershop on WhatsApp, all my folks are on Telegram, including all work communications.
WhatsApp was always lacking features; WhatsApp web can’t replace a full featured desktop client which is a must have for me; and its mobile client is inconvenient in every possible way.
Telegram for family, friends, work and actually for everything I can think of.
Discord for gaming with friends, not as a messenger but as voice comms mainly.
Whatsapp for very legacy stuff, haven’t had a notification in a couple of years. Maybe it’s time to uninstall, finally.
Wireguard protocol works with my home internet provider, doesn’t work on LTE. Shadowsocks just works everywhere.
They do have black boxes but there are protocols they can’t handle yet. It’s just usual sword vs shield arms race.