Show HN: Detect Russian visitors to block them and protest the war in Ukraine

Re:Show HN: Detect Russian visitors to block them and protes... by john_moscow on Saturday February 26, 2022 @02:08AM (#30475741)

Dude, they lock you in Russia up if you protest too much. Russia is a full-blown dictatorship now with Internet censorship, state-operated propaganda and other bells'n'whistles.

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Re:Show HN: Detect Russian visitors to block them and protes... by FrenchDevRemote on Saturday February 26, 2022 @02:12AM (#30475755)

They lock you up in a lot of places for the same reasons. Even in the US or in Europe you might get killed at a protest.

There is people protesting in Russia right now, no matter the risks, I don't see the harm in trying to increase their numbers.

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Re:Show HN: Detect Russian visitors to block them and protes... by useFAR on Saturday February 26, 2022 @02:17AM (#30475777)

Number of protesting people in Russia is a joke.

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Re:Show HN: Detect Russian visitors to block them and protes... by john_moscow on Saturday February 26, 2022 @03:42AM (#30476135)

Vladimir Putin is an ex-KGB officer. The country has a system for monitoring all phone communications, and the major email providers are affiliated with the state.

Also, 100% of the media is spinning the "we're liberating Ukraine from the Nazis" take, and unless you spend very considerable effort doing your own research, you just won't find a single information source telling you otherwise.

And if you get anywhere close to organizing a protest with a non-trivial number of participants. They will figure out who's in charge, and will put you behind bars as a warning to others.

That, and people generally don't trust each other, don't trust the system, and are mostly busy trying to survive, find cheap food, and not get caught in a crossfire.

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