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Re:Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. ... by estimator7292 on Friday August 29, 2025 @12:31AM (#45060220)
Nah, just drop a few thousand 1GB flash drives from a plane. Load them with a tor browser, a wireguard client, and instructions on finding a remote exit. Only one copy needs to survive and it can spread very quickly and irreversibly by foot.
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Re:Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. ... by GJim on Friday August 29, 2025 @04:01AM (#45061435)
Plugging in a strange USB drive?

What could go wrong.

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Re:Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. ... by ForOldHack on Friday August 29, 2025 @07:38AM (#45062729)
Would you like a short list, a long list or ...
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Re:Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. ... by ZaoLahma on Friday August 29, 2025 @01:31AM (#45060566)
Yeah, this is a great approach if you're already at war with a country.

If you're not and they're still allowing your planes to fly through their airspace then this is a great way to ensure that they lock your (and your friends') planes out.

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Re:Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. ... by chipsrafferty on Saturday August 30, 2025 @10:01PM (#45079668)
Drop them from commercial planes via the toilet?
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Re:Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. ... by daflip on Sunday August 31, 2025 @03:02AM (#45081003)
When you flush the toilet in an airplane the contents is normally vacuumed in to a holding tank which gets emptied after the plane lands.
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Re:Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. ... by chipsrafferty on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @10:35AM (#45116336)
Then why have people died from getting hit by frozen pee icicles?
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Re:Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. ... by slater on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @10:36AM (#45116354)
pretty sure that's never happened, it's an urban legend
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