On November 10, the Moscow City Court approved the requirement of Roskomnadzor to block social network LinkedIn in Russia. Internet operators set restrictions on access to LinkedIn very quickly, which is why many Russian users of the service did not have time to save their data or complete important correspondence. In this guide, we talked about how to bypass LinkedIn blocking on various platforms to save data to which access has been restricted.

How to Bypass LinkedIn Blocking in Chrome

LinkedIn took care of providing access to the social network to users Google browser Chrome. Especially for him, they developed an extension with a telling name "Access to LinkedIn".

All that is required to gain access to the blocked LinkedIn site is to install and activate the extension. Installation is done in the Chrome Web Store (the extension is free). Activation - by clicking on the extension icon in the extensions panel in Chrome.

How to Bypass LinkedIn Blocking in Safari on Mac

In Safari on Mac, LinkedIn blocking can be bypassed using the TunnelBear utility. This is conditional free vpn- a service that allows you to redirect all computer traffic through other countries. For each account TunnelBear provides 500 MB of free traffic, which is enough to work with blocked LinkedIn.

To activate TunnelBear, you need to install the application and enable traffic redirection in the utility window in the top menu.

How to Bypass LinkedIn Blocking on iPhone and iPad

The TunnelBear app is also available on iPhone and iPad, but in App Store there are better suggestions. For example, the Opera VPN application, whose job is to redirect traffic in a similar way. The advantage of Opera VPN is that the service is completely free and easy to use.

To activate the VPN, just launch the Opera VPN application and turn on the "Opera VPN" switch (you can also select a country). Successful activation will be indicated by the "VPN" icon in the status bar. You can then navigate to the LinkedIn site directly through Safari or any other web browser.

A huge number of useful sites have been blocked over the past two years, and in the case of LinkedIn, it is difficult to come to terms with this. After all, the site's network covers more than five million citizens of Russia. Since November 2016, LinkedIn has been included in the register of banned sites. But those people who have years of work left in the network have to bypass the blocking. Let's look at two effective ways.

How to log into Linkedin after blocking - anonymizers

it online services, which give you the IP of another country. Most often, working with them is very simple: you insert a link to the site in a special field and continue working with it right in the anonymizer window. Consider one of the most popular sites for anonymizing your visit: 2IP. Go to this page and follow the instructions:

• in the URL field, enter the website address, in this case it is https://www.linkedin.com,

• then you have to choose the country whose IP you will hide behind, for example, the USA,
• note that there will be several variants of the same country in the list, try any one, if it does not work - select the next one,

• click on the “Open” button. will appear in front of you main page LinkedIn site, and on top there will be an anonymizer panel. On it, you can turn on or off the display of pictures, clear cookies and much more.

Unfortunately, the downsides are English language anonymizer, since many sites for anonymous browsing in given time block, there is nothing left to do but use English-speaking ones.

Also, your connection will be somewhat slower than usual, because you are not only loading the linkedin site, but also waiting for the anonymizer to respond.

This is where the disadvantages of this method end. If you need to visit linkedin frequently, then this option not the best, there is a way a little faster. Proceed to the next step.

How to log into Linkedin after blocking – VPN add-ons

These programs need to be downloaded or added to extensions to your browser, there are a lot of them in different assemblies, consider the example of “Free VPN - Hola”. Hall's add-on has become very popular after the lockdowns, although it has a few more useful features. First, install the extension specifically for your browser: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera. All links lead to the official website of your add-ons.

• Install the browser add-on.
• Make sure the orange add-on icon is enabled.
• Go to the LinkedIn website.
• Open the Hola menu by clicking on it with the left mouse button.
• Select the checkbox for any country you want to view the site from.

• Wait a few seconds.
• Access is open.

At your discretion, you can choose any VPN add-on. Just go to your browser add-ons and enter “VPN” in the search bar, then select the more appropriate option.

For other additions, see the video below:

What should you do if LinkedIn is blocked in Russia? We share with you simple life hacks that will help you bypass the lock.

Recall that on November 10, the Moscow City Court recognized the decision to block the recruiting site LinkedIn in Russia as legal. Now LinkedIn is negotiating with Roskomnadzor and it is likely that they will come to an agreement in the near future. LinkedIn is owned by Microsoft. And she plans to integrate LinkedIn into her products. Microsoft products are in demand in the Russian market, which means that the company will not benefit from blocking LinkedIn, and it may try to speed up the elimination of the causes of blocking by LinkedIn employees.

Therefore, let's hope that even if LinkedIn is blocked, then for 1-2 months, and this will not affect the relevance of these candidates. Access to LinkedIn will always be possible to bypass blocking, and our "Magic Button" for importing resumes from work sites and from social networks into FriendWork Recruiter will work.

Therefore, do not worry ahead of time, see our tips.

1. Use the Opera browser

In our opinion, this the easiest, safest and most versatile way to open blocked sites in Russia. A free VPN is built into the browser, you just need to activate it.

• We go to the browser settings.
• Check the Enable VPN box in the Security section.
• AT address bar a button will appear, by clicking which you can configure VPN settings, enable or disable the function, view data usage statistics.

2. Install the Tor browser

Another a simple, safe and universal way to open blocked sites in Russia. In the Tor browser, our "Magic Button" for importing candidates will also work, since the browser is based on Mozilla Firefox, for which we have an extension.

• Click Download Tor.
• We choose Russian.
• Download and install following the instructions.

3. Install the extension for Chrome - TunnelBear

If you are used to working in Chrome and do not want to use another browser, then you can simply install this extension. TunnelBear is free to use, but limited to 500 Mb of data per month. There are other extensions, but they are inconvenient, paid, and sometimes even unsafe, so we recommend using this one.

• Click "Install", then "Install extension" again.
• Register and start using;).

3. Export contacts from LinkedIn

• Go to your LinkedIn profile. Click on "Network", then select "Contacts on LinkedIn".
• At the bottom right, under the contact table, click on "Export contacts".
• Select the format in which the contacts will be exported. Better choose " Microsoft Outlook(CSV file)".
• We pass a security check and save the document with contacts to our computer.

Ready! Contacts from LinkedIn are now on your computer. Only here there is one point - in the table there will be a problem with displaying contacts whose name, surname or position are written in Russian in the profile. At the time of writing, all Russian words are replaced with unreadable characters.

4. Notifications and messages from you will still be sent to candidates by mail.

Use your favorite LinkedIn blocking bypass and send InMail, regular messages to candidates. They will be mailed to them. Moreover, candidates will also be able to respond to you by mail without going to LinkedIn. True, not everyone knows about this, so at the end of the letter it is better to add your contacts for prompt feedback.

Linkedin is the leading social network for professionals around the world. It is most in demand in the international arena, among representatives of large companies with foreign investments. This is a kind of virtual space for career growth, in which the profile, in fact, is your resume. Millions of employers around the world have access to this resume. Agree, these are huge opportunities that should not be missed! In addition to the opportunity to demonstrate professional skills and ambitions, find valuable employees or a new job, on the Linkedin platform you can discuss industry news and other relevant topics with colleagues. For employees of the largest international companies, the LinkedIn news feed in terms of quality and quantity professional information has long since replaced scrolling in Facebook and VKontakte in one area or another.

Since 2003, when Linkedin was launched, the number of its users has grown to more than 400 million users worldwide (as of 2015). Russia is no exception. But since 2016, Roskomnadzor has banned access to the site in Russia. However, even after the blocking, Linkedin retained 61% of its audience in Russia, which is almost 1.5 million users. So, how to access Linkedin from Russia without being blocked?

VPNServices

Most the best way to access Linkedin in Russia is VPN services. The principle of their work can be simply described as changing your real IP address to the address of some other country where the restrictions and blocking that you want to bypass do not apply. In addition to this, you get a secure channel, where all transmitted data is securely encrypted.

What can a VPN be used for? it good way keep your traffic anonymous on the network. This means that no one will track which sites, how many times and when you visited, and from where you did it - from your home or another country - because your IP address will be hidden and traffic is securely encrypted. Another VPN is popular for using torrent trackers. Well, actually, VPN services will be useful for you to bypass the blocking of censored sites. With a VPN, you can go toLinkedIn(Linkedin) in Russia. In addition, large companies use Virtual Private Network (VPN) so that their employees can remotely and, most importantly, securely connect to the internal corporate network.

Top 5 bestVPN-services

So, you have found the answer to your question: how to bypass blockingLinkedIn(Linkedin)- use VPN services. Now you need to decide which VPN service is right for you. After all, there are a lot of services on the network, and if you don’t have an extra day to analyze all the existing options, we bring to your attention our selection of the 5 best options in terms of price-quality ratio. Our team has carefully tested each service on different platforms and made this rating. Each of the services in our top five is good and worthy of attention:

Place	Provider	Price	Our assessment	User rating
		$2.99/month	5.0		To begin "
2		$6.67/month	4.9		To begin "
3		$2.75/month	4.8		To begin "
4		$1.89/month	4.7		To begin "
5		$2.99/month	4.7	First you need to register on the website of the service you have chosen, enter your card details and select a tariff plan. Most VPN services have an initial . As a rule, its functionality is greatly reduced and the speed of work is rather low. But you can still work with them. If you want more options and security on high speed, choose paid tariff plans. Most often, paying a tariff for six months or a year, the services of a VPN service for a month will be cheaper. After payment, you install the necessary applications on your devices by following the instructions. Usually at the cost of 1 tariff plan includes connection of 3-5 devices. That is, you do not need to pay separately for VPN for PC, VPN for Android and VPN for tablet. It is even possible that one tariff plan is enough for you VPN settings on all devices in your family. After installation, you can turn the VPN service on and off as needed, or leave it on all the time for greater security. So, if using Linkedin is useful and important for you, and you don’t want to give up the possibilities of this platform, then in order to to bypass LinkedIn blocking in Russia, you need alternative way site visit. Our experts recommend using VPN services to not only be able to access Linkedin, but also to do so anonymously and securely! We hope our rating best VPN services will help you choose the best option.

We promised to come up with something! Don't worry, all your contacts will stay with you and you can continue to use your database even after LinkedIn is mercilessly blocked. We have collected 7 tools that will help you always be in touch with your circle of acquaintances.

UPD:Method 1
An extension that unblocks LinkedIn for Russian users

Found another extension that will allow you to continue working with Linkedin. It was created immediately after the decision was made to block the social network in Russia. That is, you can safely use it. It needs to be installed and enabled once. And that’s it, you don’t have to install or configure anything else.

Heat it better? We have noticed the following benefits:
- free (and there are no paid features at all),
- security (some extensions sin by draining data),
- other sites will open the same way - the speed of work will not change

Method 2
Browser installation

Some browsers in the settings already have the ability to change the VPN, that is, the "virtual private network". Knowing in detail what it is and how it works is not at all necessary. Just be aware that this kind of connection allows you to bypass resource locks. Seriously, no need to rack your brains. We have tried to collect the most safe ways so that your data is not used against you.

Opera

If you already use Opera, just update it. Further, everything is simple. Open the browser settings, turn on "Opera turbo", check the box next to "Enable VPN":

We took the screenshots from the Opera blog. Ibid You can read more about how to work with VPN switching.

Tor Browser

Another free browser, which provides "absolute online anonymity through the use of a distributed network of servers, which is organized by volunteers from all over the world."

After installation, you can immediately start using the browser. We do not recommend changing the settings.

Method 3
Installing the browser extension

Hola

You can install the plugin in just two steps:

1/ Find the version for your browser.
Versions: for Google Chrome, for Firefox, for Safari, for Internet Explorer(yes, even so).

2/ Download / go to the online store, install the extension.

The icon appears on the right upper corner. Click to select the country you would like to browse LinkedIn through. For example, through the USA or Great Britain, or simply through Belarus.

Zenmate

Everything is completely identical, but this extension does not have a version for Internet Explorer. Find desired version you can directly on the Zendesk website.

Tunnel Bear

Another extension, which, however, at some point will require you to pay for further use, is the amount of traffic transmitted is limited. But it's definitely 100% safe. (there are rumors that Hola sins with a data drain)

Method 4
The simplest ways to bypass blocking

Hidemyass / Hideme

Go to one of the above resources, enter the address of the page you want to visit (linkedin.com) and browse everything that interests you. You can also set the country through which the page will be displayed.

Method 5
Viewing from a mobile device

And again Hola and Zendesk. You can install on both ios and android. Is free. And through them you can already browse LinkedIn calmly at any time convenient for you.