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Re:Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. ... by pipes on Friday August 29, 2025 @04:23AM (#45061563)
Thanks for this, UK citizen/subject here I believe the UK government is likely to go down the path of banning vpns.
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Re:Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. ... by laylower on Friday August 29, 2025 @05:05AM (#45061837)
Can someone competent pull together a manual to set a vpn with obfuscation? I am sure it will be well received.

A github repo would be ideal really

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Re:Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. ... by jijijijij on Friday August 29, 2025 @02:33PM (#45067764)
Not competent, but a VPN user. Mullvad has some obfuscation features built-in. They also got good documentation/guides, I think.

https://mullvad.net/en/help?Feature=censorship-circumvention

https://web.archive.org/web/20250807131341/https://mullvad.n...

https://archive.ph/XvcMg

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Re:Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. ... by Cypher on Friday August 29, 2025 @04:38AM (#45061664)
gotta go underground, freedom is now an enemy of the crown.
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Re:Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. ... by ethbr1 on Friday August 29, 2025 @06:42AM (#45062410)
T minus not much until UK punk revival
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Re:Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. ... by belter on Friday August 29, 2025 @04:56AM (#45061793)
It will be done very soon....

"Dame Rachel told BBC Newsnight: "Of course, we need age verification on VPNs - it's absolutely a loophole that needs closing and that's one of my major recommendations." - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn438z3ejxyo

They phrase it as age verification, but what they mean is the VPN provider needs to provide them the client list...

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Re:Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. ... by kilroy123 on Friday August 29, 2025 @04:28AM (#45061604)
ISPs here are already blocking popular ones.
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Re:Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. ... by extraisland on Friday August 29, 2025 @05:18AM (#45061922)
No they are not. It is being talked about adding age-gating to the VPNs.
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Re:Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. ... by andy_ppp on Friday August 29, 2025 @04:49AM (#45061749)
In the UK? That’s insane
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Re:Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. ... by juntoalaluna on Friday August 29, 2025 @05:15AM (#45061907)
Its also not true.
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