5d ago

YSK Iranian developers have created an open-source censorship bypass solution that works on desktop and mobile.

github.com

GitHub - bepass-org/oblivion-desktop: Oblivion Desktop - Unofficial Warp Client for Windows/Mac/Linux

So much for trying to cut off access to most of the internet under the guise of requiring ID

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Awesome, the middle east has tons of censorship so this will help tons of people. There are many blocked websites in my country and my friends' nations.
And while many block VPNs directly i highly doubt they'll block cloudflare or github, so this should be very hard to prevent.
- And while many block VPNs directly
  Wow, and I thought Egypt was bad. Thank God for tech-illiterate authoritarians.
  
  Heh they block VPNs, Tor and that type of stuff in Saudi. They block wireguard in Jordan, at least according to my friend there lol
What the actual fuck...
- What. Are you implying that this project should be flagged as malicious? What malicious indicators did you see to think this is true?
  
  The fact that this image is in the repo in the first place.
- That gold Trust award icon sure makes me feel better
- It’s a GitHub link, what did you expect?
  
  The image is in the github README, it's not from the OP
Someone want to explain to a muggle in plain english what this does and how it's different from simply using a VPN?
- Looks like it uses cloudflare warp, which is a free service that cloudflare provides that's like a somewhat less secure VPN? It used to expose your IP and just encrypt the content so your ISP couldn't snoop on you, but websites could still see your IP. Apparently, cloudflare fixed the exposed-IP thing in 2022 though. Its also supposed to stabilize and improve the speed of your Internet connection.
  It's basically a VPN with better speeds and slightly worse security, from what I'm seeing. A good everyday service, but you probably don't want to use it if you're leaking national security info.
  
  Aw, man. How am I going share these nuclear launch codes now?
So it's simply CF WARP but now in Asian languages? I don't understand why I can't just download CF One app and get the same results? Someone please elaborate
- I tried to figure this out. It seems it includes additional features for bypassing censorship, to be specific Gool (warp to warp) and Psiphon. From https://github.com/bepass-org/warp-plus :
  Psiphon Chaining: Integrates with Psiphon for censorship circumvention, allowing seamless access to the internet in restrictive environments.
  Warp in Warp Chaining: Chaning two instances of warp together to bypass location restrictions.
- i downloaded the CF One app after this comment and it seems you need an organisation account
  
  Apologies, I meant this cloudflare one app which is free
  https://one.one.one.one/
  Which is essentially the same as CF WARP app
- FOSS alternatives are nice.
  
  You asked me a question before, what was it?
- Desktop version
  
  CF Warp already works with desktop. https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/#windows
UK: We own you now bitch. Iranians: Hold my beer Habibi.
I've had to bypass DPI several times in the past. V2Ray has never failed me, but I had to set it up myself on my own VPS. It wasn't being offered commercially by any VPN providers back when I needed it. More info here: https://www.v2fly.org/en_US/
Edit: Forgot to mention, for those interested in setting this up an easier option is to let Amnezia VPN set it up for you. It's FOSS, can be found here https://github.com/amnezia-vpn/amnezia-client
You'll need to have your own VPS or home server though, and if you want to use V2Ray at home and do some advanced routing to enable local LAN access for example, then it's better to set things up from scratch than to use Amnezia.
So, how safe is this to use?
Fuck yes!

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