1308 points rickybule | 2 comments | 28 Aug 25 16:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.521s | 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. whyleyc ◴[28 Aug 25 17:41 UTC] No.45054890[source]▶

I'd recommend using Outline - it's a one click setup that lets you provision your own VPN on a cloud provider (or your own hardware).

Since you get to pick where the hardware is located and it is just you (or you and a small group of friends & family) using the VPN, blocking is more difficult.

If you don't want the hassle of using your own hardware you can rent a Digital Ocean droplet for <$5 per month.

https://getoutline.org/

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2. lucasban ◴[28 Aug 25 19:49 UTC] No.45056286[source]▶

>>45054890 (TP) #

I’ve set this up for friends in fairly heavily censored countries before, it has been working well so far, but as others have said, this is a cat and mouse game

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