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Longform guides that pull together the how-tos, comparisons, glossary, and country context into single cornerstone reads. Start here when you want the whole picture on one topic.
A web proxy is a website that fetches other websites on your behalf.
9 min readNetwork filters work at four layers: DNS (return a fake answer for a domain), IP (drop packets to specific addresses), DPI (inspect traffic patterns), and TLS SNI (read the hostname from the TLS handshake).
8 min readMost AI chat refusals come from the provider, not your ISP: OpenAI's and Anthropic's lists both leave out China, Russia, Iran, Belarus, Cuba, Syria, Hong Kong and Venezuela; Google's Gemini list leaves out Russia, Belarus, Iran, Cuba, Syria and North Korea, and offers mainland China for Workspace only.
8 min readMessaging blocks come in two kinds: whole-platform blocks (WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal and Discord in China and Iran; Discord in Russia and Turkey) and call-only restrictions (WhatsApp calls in the UAE and Egypt).
7 min readManaged devices lock installs and extensions, and administrators can also block or allowlist websites.
8 min readOn 15 Oct 2026 regular YouTube videos and TikTok played through AnyProxy; YouTube Shorts stayed black, Vimeo stopped at a failed Cloudflare check, and Spotify asked for an account.
8 min readA web proxy only carries the browser version of a platform, never the app.
10 min read14 countries, each checked against OONI measurements from 15 Jul–15 Oct 2026 and dated news sources.
12 min readIn most countries no law targets the use of a web proxy; what you open through it is still governed by local law.
7 min readYou’re a regular
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