Most of the time those VPNs banned are still not effective to get pass GFW. A lot of people would have to buy special VPN service using protocols like Shadowsocks/ShadowsocksR/Trojan/Vmess/Vless with using specific softwares like shadowrocket or Surge or Clash or Quantumult to bypass the GFW.
0x0@programming.dev 6 days ago
- Virtual private network – VPN: 240 unavailable apps including Lantern VPN, ProtonVPN, ExpressVPN, Nord VPN.
When assessing a VPN, using one that’s blocked in China seems to be a safe item to check.
callmepk@lemmy.world 6 days ago
cheese_greater@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Wouldn’t it make sense for them to buy out a couple and still offer it outside of China as a honeypot? Westerners be like “China banned? Sign me up”
Meanwhile China be like “We know you not like ricecakes and logged VPN” 🫸🫷
WraithGear@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Probably, but any thought that VPNs keep you anonymous to anyone other then script kiddies and minor companies is fool hardy
cheese_greater@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Is there a more comprehensive overview of this or can you expand on if not using a VPN is better?
Something, something, fingerprinting, logging in to identifiable services etc?
WraithGear@lemmy.world 6 days ago
It’s more of recognition that the internet is not the Wild West it used to be. Your anonymity is dependent on how much you are worth to track, and that value shrinks every day. If you want to buy cheaper video games, or watch geo locked Netflix content you are fine… for now. But the US government has been offering VPNs for people wanting to be anonymous for a wile now. So its not extreme for china to do it too.