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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: 0.243s | 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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reisse ◴[28 Aug 25 18:30 UTC] No.45055399[source]▶
You've come to a wrong place to ask. Most people here (judging by recommendations of own VPN instances, Tor, Tailscale/other Wireguard-based VPNs, and Mullvad) don't have any experience with censorship circumvention.

Just look for any VPNs that are advertised specifically for China, Russia, or Iran. These are the cutting edge tech, they may not be so privacy-friendly as Mullvad, but they will certainly work.

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tomaskafka ◴[28 Aug 25 19:10 UTC] No.45055839[source]▶
> Just look for any VPNs that are advertised specifically for China, Russia, or Iran.

If I was working for a secret service for these countries, I would set up many "VPNs that are advertised specifically for x" as honeypots to gather data about any dissidents.

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refulgentis ◴[28 Aug 25 19:23 UTC] No.45056002[source]▶
Mr. Kafka, suspicion is healthy. However, abstraction provides no way forward when faced with practicalities instead of theory. Creates a Kafka-esque situation - anything suitable is by definition unsuitable. Better to focus on practical technical advice.
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s1mplicissimus ◴[28 Aug 25 20:42 UTC] No.45056815[source]▶
I don't see parent abstracting. They are simply pointing out a very real risk, which you don't provide any counter points to. Instead you seem to dismiss their point based on a strawman
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1. refulgentis ◴[29 Aug 25 14:04 UTC] No.45064299[source]▶
Sir: you have written my comment better than I ever could.

Thank you, - Refulgentis