On May 16, 2017, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a decree on new sanctions against Russia, in connection with which all Internet providers must block access to the largest Russian social networks - and, as well as Yandex services. In this article, we wrote in detail how to bypass blocking on mobile devices and computers.

How to bypass blocking on a smartphone

VKontakte in Ukraine on Android

Opera VPN from well-known Finnish developers allows you to use virtual private network servers from several regions. It contains ad blocking, as well as a separate section about Wi-Fi connection security. It evaluates the security of the Wi-Fi network to which the device is connected.

Hola is one of the most popular applications for spoofing your location on the Internet. A key feature of this program was the ability to establish a VPN connection for specific applications, and not for the entire network.

Touch VPN is another popular app for using VPN. It is notable for its large selection of available servers - you can “sit” from 19 countries, including Russia. The program has a warning function about connecting to an unsecured network. Thanks to this, you can always use VPN in public access points without worrying about the confidentiality of transmitted information.

VKontakte in Ukraine on iPhone/iPad

This free VPN from Opera is one of the most useful VPN services for everyday use. The app is notable for allowing you to block ads while surfing a virtual private network. To use Opera VPN, you don't need to register an account, unlike most other services.

TunnelBear is one of the most popular VPN services on the App Store, which has become famous for its simplicity and beautiful and clear design. The application is distributed free of charge, but provides only 500 MB of “anonymous Internet” per month. If you need unlimited access, you will have to pay.

TouchVPN has become another popular application on iOS that provides access to virtual private networks. This program hides the user's real location and blocks ads, but not for long - the free trial period lasts only 7 days.

How to bypass a lock on a computer

The most rational way is to install special browser extensions that change the IP address (device identifier). Programs of this kind are just add-ons for browsers, so they practically do not slow down the web browser.

Hola (left) and ZenMate (right) interface

Hola VPN for browsers:

• Firefox (direct link)
  

• Virtual private networks in Tor
  
  Another well-known browser is Tor, which uses a network of anonymous servers. Unlike all of the above methods, this browser is able to provide complete anonymity on the Internet. However, it is unlikely that the average user will need it.

  Alternative methods to bypass blocking

  
  Cameleo anonymizer main page
  

  
  If the above methods of bypassing the blocking do not suit you, you can use anonymizers. An anonymizer is a website where you need to enter the address of the required web page (for example, vk.com), after which the anonymizer will download this page for itself, process it and transfer the data to the user on its behalf. This method is notable for the fact that it provides the ability to anonymously access blocked sites without installing additional software (browser, extension or VPN client). The most famous Russian anonymizers are: Cameleo, NoBlockMe and PingWay.

  Another way to replace information about your location without using additional programs is to change the DNS server (a computer that stores a database of correspondence between IP addresses and domain names of hosts).

  To change DNS server on Windows 10, 8.1 or 8, you must follow these steps: