How to Make Your VPN Work During Censorship

Building a VPN Forum
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If your VPNs are not working, try enabling stealth connection mode. This makes it harder for Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) systems to detect and block your VPN, effectively helping you bypass restrictions by masking your VPN usage.

I’ll also provide a few free VPN recommendations.

For Proton:

  • On Android, tap ☰ → Settings → Advanced → Protocol and choose Stealth.
  • On Windows, tap ☰ Settings → Connection → Protocol and choose Stealth.
  • On iOS and iPadOS, tap Settings → Security options → Protocol and choose Stealth.

For Windscribe:

  • Go to Preferences > Connection and set the Connection Mode to Manual. Then select Stealth as the Protocol, and you’re set.

If your VPN supports it, you can turn it on using the same method.

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But the question is, should one keep paying for it whilst risking account closure? (correct me if I’m wrong please)

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Nate said:
But the question is, should one keep paying for it whilst risking account closure? (correct me if I’m wrong please)

Yes, that’s a possibility! You could try using GoodbyeDPI, which is available on GitHub. It’s not exactly a VPN, but it can still be effective.

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Nate said:
But the question is, should one keep paying for it whilst risking account closure? (correct me if I’m wrong please)

There are very good free open-sourced VPNs.

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Ridge said:

Nate said:
But the question is, should one keep paying for it whilst risking account closure? (correct me if I’m wrong please)

There are very good free open-sourced VPNs.

Can you please list some?

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@Leo
Mob or PC?

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Ridge said:
@Leo
Mob or PC?

Both

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@Aven
A proxy acts similarly to a VPN. You don’t need a VPN if you use a proxy. Get a static proxy from proxy-cheap.com for $2 per month and use it at the system level or inside a browser. Look up Google for guides on using proxies at the system level or within a browser.

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Somebody needs to create a VPN for a VPN; we’ll call it VPN².

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I totally rely on 4G connection for my work and Surfshark doesn’t seem to work anymore.

Tried all protocols: Wireguard, OpenVPN TCP, OpenVPN UDP, IKEv2.

Any suggestions?

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Oaklee said:
I totally rely on 4G connection for my work and Surfshark doesn’t seem to work anymore.

Tried all protocols: Wireguard, OpenVPN TCP, OpenVPN UDP, IKEv2.

Any suggestions?

Get a proxy from proxy-cheap or IPRoyal and use it as a VPN. It should work fine without issues.

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@Charley
Yes, it can work.

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Oaklee said:
I totally rely on 4G connection for my work and Surfshark doesn’t seem to work anymore.

Tried all protocols: Wireguard, OpenVPN TCP, OpenVPN UDP, IKEv2.

Any suggestions?

Same; Surfshark stopped working for me today. It connects, but that’s it.

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Oaklee said:
I totally rely on 4G connection for my work and Surfshark doesn’t seem to work anymore.

Tried all protocols: Wireguard, OpenVPN TCP, OpenVPN UDP, IKEv2.

Any suggestions?

If it’s for work, can you not just register the VPN? Or is it not that simple?

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I can’t seem to locate preferences.

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Zinn said:
I can’t seem to locate preferences.

If you’re referring to Windscribe (Android), you can find preferences by clicking the three bars in the top-left corner.

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Payton said:

Zinn said:
I can’t seem to locate preferences.

If you’re referring to Windscribe (Android), you can find preferences by clicking the three bars in the top-left corner.

iOS?

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@Zinn
You can try this. If this doesn’t work, consider using Proton. Since I lack an iOS device to test with, Proton might be a good alternative.

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Payton said:
@Zinn
You can try this. If this doesn’t work, consider using Proton. Since I lack an iOS device to test with, Proton might be a good alternative.

I can’t find it :weary:

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@Zinn
Tap the three bars at the top left.

Then Connection > Connection mode: Manual > Protocol: Stealth.