Telegram presented a solution to bypass blocking

The Telegram administration introduced to users a decision to circumvent the service blocking, which Roskomnadzor intends to introduce in the coming days. This was reported on the project website.

The interface of the messenger added a connection function with proxy servers through the SOCKS5 protocol. "The option is already available in Telegram Desktop and Mac, and mobile customers will receive it in the next update," the publication says.

The SOCKS5 connection connection should be turned on before blocking the messenger. Developers give detailed instructions for configuring the connection.

"If for some reason you do not have time to do this (before the Telegram blocking. - Ed.), It will be tight, since the Telegram clients will most likely disappear from the Russian Google Play and AppStore," the VPN and Tor will help here, through which Telegram in American stores can be downloaded. "

“But do not flatter yourself,” the service administration warned further. “Ahead of the law on the prohibition of circulations to bypass the locks adopted in the first reading in the State Duma of the Russian Federation .”

The means of bypassing the lock, the developers noted, was provided in advance. "The plans of Roskomnadzor (and not only) arrange Armageddon for Russian Telegram users. The messenger team suggested such a decision," the report said.

According to the "Law of Yarovoy" company, the owners of messengers are required to register in Russia as "organizers of the dissemination of information" and, at the request of the FSB, provide it with messages of message encryption. Telegram is still not registered in this capacity. The administration of the messenger said: "Not a single government or special service in the world has yet received a bit of information from us. It will always be so."

On June 23, the head of the RKN Alexander Zharov made an open letter to the owner of Telegram Pavel Durov, urging him to register a messenger in accordance with the Yarovaya Law and threatening otherwise by blocking the resource. Later on the same day, Zharov said that Durov ignores user safety and provides opportunities for communicating with terrorists and other criminals.

Durov of the prosecution shallow, saying that only from the beginning of June the service has blocked more than 5 thousand public channels and groups in which terrorism was promoted. He called his messenger "neutral in relation to Russia."

On June 25, Zharov warned that the time before the Telegram blocking is calculated days .

On Monday , the FSB said that the organizers and participants of the April attack in the St. Petersburg metro used Telegram. In general, they noticed in the special services, terrorists maintain communication through various Internet mixers with encryption, but Telegram is most popular, since it provides especially reliable encryption.