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> but resuming afterwards. This is a common and natural misconception. When the firewall gains a feature (i.e. the ability to block certain traffic) the VPN pr
by computerfriend 4y ago
> but resuming afterwards.
This is a common and natural misconception. When the firewall gains a feature (i.e. the ability to block certain traffic) the VPN providers then have to figure out some technique to bypass it. This happens over and over again. The firewall isn't relaxing after the event, it is staying the same and the VPN provider has improved.
On your second point, I can't comment for all providers, but I've heard this rumour in a more specific context and can say that it is definitely at least sometimes false.
- neither_color 4y agoThanks for clarifying. I admit it's anecdotal but was wondering if these new features are rolled out automatically or with humans deploying them? If the latter it might explain why expats in China have said it [access to VPNs] gets worse at times. Years ago one provider that rhymes with krill was pretty consistent, but in the end it seemed one could get the most mileage(err uptime) by rolling their own v2ray instances on a VPS provider that had "Hong Kong" servers in Hangzhou.
- another_story 4y agoI'm not sure this is entirely the case, though probably partly so. I think they do track known VPN servers, or suspected therein, and closer to congress sessions cut those off. I had a number of self hosted setups used by a few people that would get cut off at those times only to come back on later.