Blahaj.zone has been blocked by ISPs in the UAE probably for being too queer.

  • CriticalMiss@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m assuming that it was blocked on the DNS level. Did you try changing to CloudFlare’s 1.1.1.1 or Google’s 8.8.8.8?

    • alsiniz@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      Not blocked on the DNS level. I have tried to use a DNS other than my ISP’s. They even go out of their way and use DPI (deep packet inspection) to scramble all internet traffic that resembles VoIP (which is banned here) and VPNs.

      It’s a constant game of cat and mouse with VPNs to find one that works only for it to be scrambled/blocked shortly after subscribing to it. :(

      I’ve even tried renting a server, installing CentOS and running OpenVPN but that got identified and scrambled like 5 days into running that server.

  • WhyIsItReal@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    this seems like a huge benefit of federation - unless the UAE blocks every server that federates with blahaj.zone, you can still view all the content on a different federated server (except for non-federated content like blahaj-only images)