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Defend VPNs from government bans (www.defendvpns.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/privacy@programming.dev

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[–] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Right, but what stops you and I from using a VPN? Your logic is sound from the provider point of view - but I can set up my own VPN quickly and cheaply. So for me the end user nothing has changed as far as I can see it.

And if anyone asks? Oh Im just using

[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Step 3 stops you from doing that.

Also I don't think you can set up a VPN very easily. If you're thinking of using a VPS, apparently they are mostly blocked by major sites.

Best you can do is domain fronting with VPN over HTTPS but China can even block that based on traffic analysis.

[–] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

“Block all VPN connections”

OpenVPN packets can be disguised to look like regular non-VPN packets. This won’t stop anyone who’s mildly determined

[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

China can even block that based on traffic analysis.