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Until a time of "civil unrest" occurs, and suddenly your "super easy" VPN becomes entirely blocked at the very same moment you wish you had it the most.

They aren't stupid, they're not going to insta-block everything they can detect, giving away clues to people trying to evade it.

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What makes you so sure this is the case?

If there's civil unrest, they can of course essentially turn off the internet, but there's a distinction between "the internet can route around censorship" and "the internet can be blocked in its entirety (or near entirety)"

They're probably sure because it has happened previously each time there was "civil unrest".

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