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Cat and mouse: Myanmar netizens find cracks in draconian VPN ban (www.frontiermyanmar.net)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Technology from China has helped the Myanmar military upgrade its internet controls, but resourceful users continue to exploit holes in the cyber dragnet.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

From what I gathered, the deep-packet inspection appliances they're deploying in Myanmar aren't working off terribly advanced rulesets. They only seem to be blocking obvious VPN connections since VPN protocols like WireGuard, IKEv2, OpenVPN, etc. make no effort to obfuscate themselves as being a VPN connection.

There aren't as many data points in Myanmar as one would like, but this Psiphon test from OONI seems to validate that even basic obfuscation is working in Myanmar.

Random phone checks for VPNs are definitely another level though, yikes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Having multiple profiles on Android would help you pass a random phone check.

I say help, only in that it makes it harder to find, it's still visible if whoever's looking knows to find multiple profiles, but I don't think most people know about that

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

That's definitely an interesting suggestion! but I probably wouldn't risk my life over keeping a separate profile with a VPN on it.

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