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Apple bows to Kremlin pressure to remove leading VPNs from Russian AppStore — Novaya Gazeta Europe(novayagazeta.eu)

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just another dev@lemmy.my-box.dev
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Well, just a month ago they couldn’t pay out a bounty to Kaspersky for a 0day exploit they found due to the sanctions, so this seems a little off.

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IllNess@infosec.pub
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Can Russians still buy stuff from the App Store?

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Shabablinchikow@lemmy.world
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Yes, but payment options are limited

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humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Only via complicated shady schemes. The simplest option is to go to another country, open a bank account and buy a sim.

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IllNess@infosec.pub
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Interesting. Thanks for the info.

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jaybone@lemmy.world
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Can’t they block ip addresses or gps coords?

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