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

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

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Post by asqueella » Fri, Aug 29, 2025, 9:12 AM UTC

mulchpower wrote: post #280

URnetwork works where many don't http://ur.io . It used a grab bag of techniques, open source

The site is awful, and I couldn't find the technical description easily. I assume it runs an exit node for other people's traffic?

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

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Post by juntoalaluna » Fri, Aug 29, 2025, 9:15 AM UTC

andy_ppp wrote: post #580

kilroy123 wrote: post #572

Earlier quoted context omitted.

ISPs here are already blocking popular ones.

In the UK? That’s insane

Its also not true.

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

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Post by extraisland » Fri, Aug 29, 2025, 9:18 AM UTC

kilroy123 wrote: post #572

pipes wrote: post #568

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for this, UK citizen/subject here I believe the UK government is likely to go down the path of banning vpns.

ISPs here are already blocking popular ones.

No they are not. It is being talked about adding age-gating to the VPNs.

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

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Post by pilingual » Fri, Aug 29, 2025, 9:19 AM UTC

rdl wrote: post #567

A one way plane ticket, a rifle, or a drone swarm. (What I’d use if my country blocked VPNs)

To where would you fly?

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

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Post by bdd8f1df777b » Fri, Aug 29, 2025, 9:27 AM UTC

cm2187 wrote: post #590

bdd8f1df777b wrote: post #584

If you need to bypass censorship, you'll need a tool specifically designed for anti-censorship, rather than any one repurposed for that. Since China has the most advanced network censorship, the Chinese have also invented the most advanced anti-censorship tools. The first generation is shadowsocks. It basically encrypts the traffic from the beginning without any handshakes, so DPI cannot find out its nature. This is…

Does starlink work in China?

No, it’s illegal to bring starlink devices here, and I heard that Elon Musk chooses to block China from accessing starlink too, to appease the Chinese authorities.

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

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

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Post by jech » Fri, Aug 29, 2025, 9:36 AM UTC

bdd8f1df777b wrote: post #584

If you need to bypass censorship, you'll need a tool specifically designed for anti-censorship, rather than any one repurposed for that. Since China has the most advanced network censorship, the Chinese have also invented the most advanced anti-censorship tools. The first generation is shadowsocks. It basically encrypts the traffic from the beginning without any handshakes, so DPI cannot find out its nature. This is…

Is WebRTC being blocked by China? I'm wondering whether it'd be worthwile to implement an VPN that uses WebRTC as a transport. With cover traffic, it could likely be made to look just like a video call.