> It has found ways to avoid Russian blocking efforts, and this month, it was removed from Russia’s list of blocked websites following a legal challenge. (Although this doesn’t mean blocking efforts will instantly end.)
The website is blocked again. [1]
> However, people are able to connect to its services using volunteer-run bridges—entry points to the network that can’t easily be blocked, as their details aren’t public—and Tor’s anti-censorship tool Snowflake.
It seems that plenty of bridges (the ones you obtain via the website) are blocked, refuse connections, or otherwise don't function properly. I've checked yet again now, with a bunch of hand-picked bridges to which connections at least succeeded at some point in the past, and connections over Tor just time out.
It is still helpful though, but unfortunately "beating" looks like an overly optimistic way to describe this.
Public bridges often get blocked (the CCP does this too). Tor then spreads them privately through social media with people they trust in the country. Those are harder to find, but that’s also why they’re harder to block.
The website is blocked again. [1]
> However, people are able to connect to its services using volunteer-run bridges—entry points to the network that can’t easily be blocked, as their details aren’t public—and Tor’s anti-censorship tool Snowflake.
It seems that plenty of bridges (the ones you obtain via the website) are blocked, refuse connections, or otherwise don't function properly. I've checked yet again now, with a bunch of hand-picked bridges to which connections at least succeeded at some point in the past, and connections over Tor just time out.
It is still helpful though, but unfortunately "beating" looks like an overly optimistic way to describe this.
[1] https://www.rbc.ru/technology_and_media/28/07/2022/62e28fc39...