Hacker News: GabensInternhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=GabensInternHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:42:27 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by GabensIntern in "After Pornhub left France, this VPN saw a 1,000% surge in signups in 30 minutes"]]>Likely because it's one of the few VPNs with a ~reliable free tier

]]>Sun, 08 Jun 2025 00:22:26 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44213626GabensInternhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44213626https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44213626<![CDATA[New comment by GabensIntern in "Akamai to shut down its CDN operations in China"]]>Akamai is also a CDN that [works for domain fronting][1], which is an amazingly reliable way to get around the Chinese Firewall via [Collateral Freedom][2].

Tor's meek used Azure for domain fronting.

Akamai likely faced some pressure from the govt because of this.

[1]: https://github.com/vysecurity/DomainFrontingLists/blob/maste...

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collateral_freedom

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