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

1309 points rickybule | 2 comments | 28 Aug 25 16:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.402s | 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?
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nomilk ◴[28 Aug 25 17:27 UTC] No.45054759[source]▶
Australia and UK might soon go down this path.

Something quite depressing is if we (HN crowd) find workarounds, most regular folks won't have the budget/expertise to do so, so citizen journalism will have been successfully muted by government / big media.

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GlacierFox ◴[28 Aug 25 18:27 UTC] No.45055360[source]▶
I would have laughed in your face if you wrote this comment merely 6 months ago. Now I'm just depressed. (UK)
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1. isaacremuant ◴[28 Aug 25 20:45 UTC] No.45056837[source]▶
Don't worry. You'll call us conspiracy theories once you get used to the new goalposts and we warn you about the next thing.

How about instead of being depressed you start being vocal and defiant?

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2. GlacierFox ◴[28 Aug 25 23:28 UTC] No.45058174[source]▶
You know what, I think I've become lethargic after all the backwards garbage going on in my country attacking my way of life on all fronts - from rampant crime to government censorship. Your comment just gave me a kick up the ass. I'm gonna try and get some local stuff going in opposition to this lunacy.