In recent days, Russian authorities have directly instructed major Russian IT companies to block users who have VPNs enabled. Various methods are being utilized to detect them, including scanning for open SOCKS5 proxy ports, utun interfaces, and other signatures.
Currently, there is no simple way to bypass these restrictions. However, a common topic of discussion in Russia is the use of secure environments, such as Samsung’s Knox, to isolate Russian "spy apps." The goal is to prevent these apps from detecting an active VPN connection. Unfortunately, open SOCKS5 ports may still be visible even within these environments. See here for more details.
Let’s discuss potential ideas on how to address this. Please do not close this issue without further discussion—for those living in Russia, it is impossible to remove Russian apps entirely, so we must find a way to hide the VPN connection from them.
In recent days, Russian authorities have directly instructed major Russian IT companies to block users who have VPNs enabled. Various methods are being utilized to detect them, including scanning for open SOCKS5 proxy ports, utun interfaces, and other signatures.
Currently, there is no simple way to bypass these restrictions. However, a common topic of discussion in Russia is the use of secure environments, such as Samsung’s Knox, to isolate Russian "spy apps." The goal is to prevent these apps from detecting an active VPN connection. Unfortunately, open SOCKS5 ports may still be visible even within these environments. See here for more details.
Let’s discuss potential ideas on how to address this. Please do not close this issue without further discussion—for those living in Russia, it is impossible to remove Russian apps entirely, so we must find a way to hide the VPN connection from them.