Putin at war with the internet.. who is going to win?

[Mobius]

How in hell are they going to effectively ban Bitcoin?

Captain Obvious: They're not going to do that.

He cannot do that. It would be the same thing as banning the internet, which is also not possible. The Russian dependence on the internet is not as large as the US or Europe, but Russia is still very dependent on the internet; if they were to shut it down then the economy would come to a standstill.

[countryfree]

It isn't the subject, but when it comes about Internet access in public places in Italy, it's easy to get anonymous connections. I went to one Mc Donald's and when I asked the girl who served me about Internet, she had a small paper card on hand to tell me what number and what pass I could use to log in.

A phone number is also required in Switzerland to get a SMS, but I asked the girl sitting next to me if I could use her number and she agreed with a smile.

Back to the subject, there are more and more Russians in Switzerland and France. They're all fleeing their country, and it's easy to understand why. I guess the only people who will stay in Russia are the poor uneducated people who've never been abroad, and who don't know how beautiful life can be.

[arbitrage001]

It is not that hard to control and identify the dissent citizens of the country if the country put its mind into it.

Tor and anonymous browsers are way overrated when it comes to privacy.

[Balthazar]

It isn't the subject, but when it comes about Internet access in public places in Italy, it's easy to get anonymous connections. I went to one Mc Donald's and when I asked the girl who served me about Internet, she had a small paper card on hand to tell me what number and what pass I could use to log in.

A phone number is also required in Switzerland to get a SMS, but I asked the girl sitting next to me if I could use her number and she agreed with a smile.

The most funny thing here is that Wi-Fi doesn't require any authentication, and it's not planned to implement any kind of authentication for Wi-Fi, even through SMS. This law can't be applied to Wi-Fi access points, because the concept of "public access points" is already defined in the law... And it has nothing to do with Wi-Fi access points, it's only about publicly available computers provided by the state-owned organizations.

So the entire set of news on this subject in the western media is just a big pile of bullshit, which has no connection to reality. Actually it's funny to see how many people have spent so much time to discuss something non-existent.

[superpanos2]

it;s not just Putin.
Every Government is against internet.
They try to deanonymise it in every way.
Why so obsessed with Russia?