Topic
circumvention
Technology How Chinese Users Keep Outsmarting Anthropic’s Geolocation Restrictions to Access Claude AI
Chinese users are circumventing Anthropic's geolocation restrictions to access Claude AI through VPNs, foreign accounts, and a growing network of 'transfer stations' that resell API tokens. Despite aggressive countermeasures by Anthropic, many Chinese developers prefer Claude over domestic models due to a perceived 6-9 month gap in coding capabilities, fueling an underground economy on platforms like Taobao and Telegram.
Technology Amnezia VPN Releases Critical Update to Counter Russia's New Protocol Fingerprint Blocking
Amnezia VPN released version 4.8.18.0 to fix a bug in its AmneziaWG protocol that was exploited by Russia's media regulator, Roskomnadzor, in a coordinated cyberattack. The update addresses a new blocking method that uses protocol fingerprints to identify and block VPN servers automatically, impacting Amnezia's Free and Premium services.