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Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. What should I use?

1309 points rickybule | 3 comments | 28 Aug 25 16:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.61s | source

Indonesia is currently in chaos. Earlier today, the government blocked access to Twitter & Discord knowing news spread mainly through those channels. Usually we can use Cloudflare's WARP to avoid it, but just today they blocked the access as well. What alternative should we use?
1. WarOnPrivacy ◴[28 Aug 25 17:27 UTC] No.45054754[source]▶
I'm reading posts that indicate (at least some of) the blocking is at the DNS level.

https://old-reddit-com.translate.goog/r/WkwkwkLand/comments/...

Cloudflare says some issue affecting Jakarta has been resolved. They aren't saying what the issue was.

https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/1chpg2514kq8

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2. rickybule ◴[28 Aug 25 17:59 UTC] No.45055069[source]▶
What I'm worried most are that most people are not even aware of what is DNS and how to change it.

I can't imagine those who are caught in the chaos with only their phone and unable to access information that could help them to be safe.

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3. jhanschoo ◴[28 Aug 25 18:18 UTC] No.45055263[source]▶
Generally speaking, the general population that wants to use blocked services will develop enough technical know-how to circumvent it. The biggest risk is that there are bad actors giving malicious advice and to such learners, looking to defraud or otherwise exploit them.