Wireguard protocol works with my home internet provider, doesn’t work on LTE. Shadowsocks just works everywhere.

They do have black boxes but there are protocols they can’t handle yet. It’s just usual sword vs shield arms race.

I live in Russia and with all this “VPN is restricted” fuss I’ve yet to meet someone without VPN on their phone. Most people use free VPN services, some are paying for it, me and my friends use VPN we set up on VPS.

They need a new enemy every now and then. If the current enemy happens to be exterminated, they’ll need one sooner, but they’ll need a new one anyways.

You might enjoy reading Robert Sheckley’s “A Ticket to Tranai”. They have some good ideas about holding politicians in check there on Tranai.

This episode made me watch all of Black Mirror, and let me tell you it didn’t stand up to this one. Watch White Christmas episode and you’re good. Maybe add San Junipero, this one is really good too and it’s more optimistic.