User blog:Drek'TharSuperSword/How to unblock Imgur, Reddit, and Vimeo in Indonesia

OK, so one thing that I hate about Indonesia is that in Indonesia, Imgur, Reddit, and Vimeo is BLOCKED for whatever reason. Actually, the previous ministry of telecommunication, Tifatul Sembiring did this s**t, for whatever reason, but the current ministry of telecommunication, Rudiantara still doesn't do anything right now.

I mean, Tifatul certainly deserves to die because of this. I know, he blocked it due to some NSFW contents in those sites, but why not just block the NSFW contents, instead of blocking the entire site? Why didn't he just block Reddit's /r/NSFW instead of blocking the entire Reddit? That's certainly the most stupid idea that a ministry have done. HE. IS. F**KING. STUPID. AS. F**K.

Note that Imgur is no longer blocked in certain ISPs, but I found out that Telkomsel recently blocked Imgur again yesterday (06/12/15). However, Indosat Ooredoo still doesn't, which is good. Tried to contact them, but they don't seem to give a f**k about it.

I think this kind of internet filtering is not really useful at all. It obviously annoys customers, and it's not effective, since most of the people would tryna find a way to circumvent it. It's actually designed for kids, "internet noobs", and computer illiterate people to prevent them from accessing those sites.

But don't worry, there's always a way to circumvent it, and here's how to do it.

Method 1: Use Psiphon
The easiest way to circumvent it is to use Psiphon, but it slows down your internet speed a bit. If you close the program, shut down the computer, or restart it, you need to reopen it to unblock it back.
 * 1) Get Psiphon here.
 * 2) Open it
 * 3) Wait for a while
 * 4) Try to open Imgur, Reddit, or Vimeo. If it works, then it successfully creates an SSH conenction.

Method 2: Use DNSCrypt
It's harder to use, doesn't work on all kinds of network connections, and doesn't work well in Windows 10, but it doesn't slow down your network speed. After closing the app, shutting down the PC, or restarting it, it should still be able to unblock the sites. This happens because it runs some services on startup.
 * 1) Get DNSCrypt here.
 * 2) Set your network connection's DNS to 127.0.0.1, or else it won't work. A tutorial of it can be found here, but make sure to change the preferred and alternate DNS server to 127.0.0.1.
 * 3) Unzip the file, right-click dnscrypt-winclient.exe, then click Properties.
 * 4) Click "Compatibility", then tick "Run this program as an administrator", then click OK.
 * 5) Open dnscrypt-winclient.exe
 * 6) Tick "Show hidden adapters", then tick all network devices available in the "Select network devices for use" box.
 * 7) Click "Install".
 * 8) Try to open Imgur, Reddit, or Vimeo. If it works, then it has successfully changes your DNS. If it doesn't, then your network device is probably incompatible with DNSCrypt.

For Mac
There's no Psiphon for Mac yet, nor DNSCrypt with user interface, but you can use Bootcamp, run Windows, and do the above method.

For Android
If the app crashes, stop the VPN, you shut down the phone, or restart it, you need to open it again.
 * Get Psiphon for Android here.
 * Open it.
 * Wait for a while, then when it displays some ads (meaning that it has successfully run the VPN), try to open the blocked sites.

For iOS
Unfortunately, I haven't found any way to unblock the sites for iOS devices yet (don't have an iOS device, sorry), but you can Google it.

Have fun, and good luck!