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

1309 points rickybule | 1 comments | 28 Aug 25 16:43 UTC | HN request time: 1.184s | 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. arman_nocapro ◴[29 Aug 25 13:27 UTC] No.45063838[source]▶
Sama-sama bro, confirming this from Jakarta. It's a mess. My group chats were blowing up yesterday when WARP and Twitter suddenly went down. Felt like they pulled the plug right when everyone needed info on the protests.

Be very careful with random free VPNs being shared around on WhatsApp right now, many could be honeypots.

Like others have said, the most reliable long-term fix is rolling your own. I've had a cheap VPS in Singapore for years for moments just like this. The latency is low and it's been rock solid. I'm using v2ray with a simple setup, and it's been working fine because it just looks like normal web traffic to my ISP (Indihome). The guides posted in the top comment are excellent starting points.

For my less technical friends, I've been helping them set up ProtonVPN. Their 'Stealth' protocol seems to be holding up for now, but who knows for how long. The hardest part is getting this info to people who aren't tech-savvy.

Stay safe out there, everyone. Jaga diri.