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

1308 points rickybule | 1 comments | 28 Aug 25 16:43 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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gwbas1c ◴[28 Aug 25 19:18 UTC] No.45055927[source]▶
Just curious: Anyone know if things like Starlink are viable?
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akho ◴[28 Aug 25 22:30 UTC] No.45057770[source]▶
Starlink, by policy, connects you through a ground station in the same country. They wouldn't be allowed to operate otherwise.
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ultim8k ◴[28 Aug 25 23:20 UTC] No.45058125[source]▶
Why? Can someone block the sky? (I have 0 satellite knowledge)
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1. gwbas1c ◴[29 Aug 25 00:22 UTC] No.45058553[source]▶
It's not about blocking the sky. Starlink sends the internet connection back down to the ground somewhere in the country you are in.

That being said, if I have an American starlink account, and I go to Indonesia, what happens? Does my internet connection go back down through Indonesia or does it go through somewhere else?