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I agree. I was struggling with this many years ago. And I was concerned about the security and privacy of VPN providers. Eventually, I ended up spinning my own
by namelosw 5y ago
I agree. I was struggling with this many years ago. And I was concerned about the security and privacy of VPN providers.
Eventually, I ended up spinning my own VPN with Algo [0] like four years ago and it worked really well for me for these years. I use VMs in Hong Kong for connection speed, and use VMs in California for country specific stuff (ADs and news for Hong Kong are super annoying XD).
[0] https://github.com/trailofbits/algo https://github.com/trailofbits/algo
- seanmcdirmid 5y agoThat would work. I had some friends who figured out a way to use their free Azure time (I was working for MS China at the time) to create their own VPN, but I don't think that lasted very long.
- namelosw 5y agoI happened to use free Azure credit from the MSDN subscription as well. The VMs in East Asia (Hong Kong) region are working great for me for years, and the traffic is fast both in and outside China without blacklists and whitelists. That being said, it also depends on the protocols and the network: - OpenVPN would get blocked immediately. - AnyConnect gets interrupted regularly but is usable. - IKEv2 and Wireguard are what works for me now. - My major network is China Unicom and it works great. - But when I switch China Mobile I get interruptions sometimes. I guess it is finicky after all :-|