| My comment will certainly be dead, but I'll try replying anyway. > the government has cut off or severely limited residential and especially mobile broadband access to the internet How limited is the Internet access? As long as the network didn't go straight to "whitelist" mode, there may be ways to gain access to the blocked sites. Since you mentioned machines in data centers can still access the outside world, I guess it's still working in "blacklist" mode - only the sites they blocked are inaccessible. As the rumor goes, Iran imported the censoring tech and equipment from PRC, so anything that works in China will most probably work in Iran. V2ray and Vmess work in China because they disguise their protocols AND servers as normal web stuff. I wouldn't recommend Shadowsocks because the Chinese Great Firewall can now partially recognize it. If all things failed, HTTP proxies over TLS with legit Let's Encrypt certificates and client certificate authentication may be much more viable. The Chinese guys also have tons of free proxies & VPN providers that are updated regularly stockpiled on GitHub, but most are documented in ambiguous language, such as these (I have no affiliation with any of them): https://github.com/bannedbook/fanqiang
https://github.com/Alvin9999/new-pac
https://github.com/freefq/free
https://github.com/anaer/Sub My suggestion would be, 1. Search for such repositories on GitHub. The keyword you want to use is "翻墙", or go straight to the links listed above. You'll need to research their documents, or 2. Create an Issue stating your situation and that you need help. I believe the owners of those repos may have the ability AND willingness to help you out. And the communication part.... I used Matrix in China with the server placed abroad, and it worked very well, because it's working on top of HTTPS. Again, anything that seems normal web stuff have a higher chance of getting pass the censorship. Be safe out there. |
Are the popular Matrix homeservers banned?