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

1308 points rickybule | 4 comments | 28 Aug 25 16:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.223s | 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. Jigsy ◴[28 Aug 25 17:39 UTC] No.45054865[source]▶
I was wondering something like this but in a different capacity.

What with certain countries (they know who they are) and their hatred for encryption, it got me wondering how people would communicate securely if - for example - Signal/WhatsApp/etc. pulled out and the country wound up disconnecting the submarine cables to "keep $MORAL_PANIC_OF_THE_DAY safe."

How would people communicate securely and privately in a domestic situation like that?

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2. RansomStark ◴[28 Aug 25 18:37 UTC] No.45055467[source]▶
In person or not at all.

At that point you've essentially lost.

You either hope another country sees value in spreading you some democracy, or you rise up and hope others join you.

Or not and you accept the protection the state is graciously providing to you.

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3. Jigsy ◴[28 Aug 25 18:55 UTC] No.45055683[source]▶
SneakerNet or bust, eh? That sucks.
4. wsintra2022 ◴[28 Aug 25 19:10 UTC] No.45055840[source]▶
Encrypted hand written notes tied to pigeons