Signal is aware of the blocks.

“Signal is being blocked in Venezuela and Russia. The app is a popular choice for encrypted messaging and people trying to avoid government censorship, and the blocks appear to be part of a crackdown on internal dissent in both countries…”

  • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip
    6·
    5 months ago

    IPv6 doesn’t need CGNAT. So as long as it’s capable of doing IPv6, it can directly communicate peer to peer using globally unique addresses. How do I know this? Simple because my ISP on IPv4 is completely CGNAT and I cannot get anything past it. So I am completely forced to use IPv6 for any service I want to run and access from outside my network.

    • RedWizard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      32·
      5 months ago

      Sure, but ipv6 is not widely adopted. I’m behind a CG-NAT but can’t get an ipv6 so I have to operate a vps bridge to host my services. Some cell networks have ipv6 support but a few implement a NAT for it as well. AT&T only allows port 80 and 443.

      Its not consistent enough to be useful without a centralized relay.

      • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip
        1·
        5 months ago

        I think that really depends on where you are. Here in the US, for example, IPv6 is pretty darn well adopted. And even 45% of Google’s internet traffic is done over IPv6.

        • RedWizard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
          3·
          5 months ago

          Sure but if your looking to use a chat service, 45% is not a high enough watermark to have reliability. Its so contingent on the network operator to allow for an IPV6 connection. And like I said, places like AT&T have a NAT on their IPV6 network.

          • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip
            1·
            5 months ago

            True, the only other option is something like simplex through tor. There are also p2p options like meshtastic as well.