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What are the options if my country makes VPN's illegal? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 3 months ago by BD89@lemmy.sdf.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I know it isn't specific to just Linux but I use Linux anyway so my question is,

Is there a way you could use a VPN without them knowing that? Or if they outlaw them is it really just game over?

If they made VPNs illegal I suppose stuff like TOR would follow except TOR is partly funded by the US state department and the US is one of my countries closest allies (one of the five eyes). So surely they wouldn't shut down something the US funds directly... Would they?

I've read very very little about Gemini and other protocols like Gopher, would this be the way forward if they do this? And is that even remotely close to the security and potential anonymity you would receive from a VPN?

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[–] stupid_asshole69@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

Greetings Englishman!

They use connections to known VPNs as reported by the infrastructure that handles your requests. Use doh and a https proxy then connect to your vpn of choice.

[–] MTK@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Firstly, it depends on how illegal it is. Is it illegal like you shouldn't do it and we will try to block you? Or is it illegal like if we catch you do it, you can get arrested or worse?

Scenario A:

just try shit out, try different VPNs. Some of them provide certain obfuscation. You can see if they work. If they don't work, you've got some more dedicated VPNs such as Tor with all kinds of Tor bridges (obfs4, snowflake, etc) Or psiphon

Scenario B:

The risk is real and you might consider not doing it at all, but if you do, obfs4 is the only thing I can recommend, Psiphon is easily detectable (it's just good at bypassing blocks)

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago

Basically nothing changes, they're easy to circumvent

[–] mistermodal@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

spys.one

you don't need to dl a vpn app, or even pay to use some vpns. Being german or american gets you treated the best by websites, except youtube which treats southeast asian countries better

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