Bypass Great Firewall of China; Watch Hulu

By Tuan An Nguyen
published

Are you worried about people snooping on you while you're surfing the web?

Maybe you're at an office and the IT department has locked down your favorite time sucking website. Or maybe you're at the airport, or a coffee shop. Or more so, maybe you're living in China and a site you frequent has landed on the government's list of no-no sites. In that case, what would you do?

Enter Hotspot Shield by AnchorFree. It's a little application that frees you from firewalls and content censorship. It even allows you to watch Hulu outside of the U.S.

For those who already know of HotSpot shield, you may know that it displays a little ad on your browser--but it's easily disabled. However, a small ad is a tiny price to pay to able to reach the content you want, when you want, where you want.

Check out the little app here (opens in new tab).

Tuan An Nguyen
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24 Comments Comment from the forums
  • mrubermonkey
    So I take it Tuan has never heard of a proxy before. Its really simple. In Firefox go to Tools->Options...->Advanced->Network->Settings...->Manual proxy configuration:
    Then enter your HTTP Proxy and Port and you are good to go. Google up some proxy lists and you can surf without the need for ads. Or maybe this is just another Tom's advertisement for some service right. Hope they pay well.
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  • jfplopes
    But quality proxies are hard to find. This application assures you'll have an US ip and is reasonably fast.
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  • Silluete
    Nice, now just pray no People's Republic of China officer read this and decide to block this app
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  • neiroatopelcc
    The software ensures you don't end up using a proxy that isn't secure. There's no point trying to run from the chinese censorship just to use a proxy in russia that collects passwords
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  • San Pedro
    I tried to use hotspot shield on vista 64 here in Japan but couldn't get it to work, for the same reason mentioned in the article, I wanted to watch hulu. Maybe I'll try again.
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  • outacontrolpimp
    SillueteNice, now just pray no People's Republic of China officer read this and decide to block this app

    its going to be on torent sites, blocking the site wouldnt help
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  • tuannguyen
    mrubermonkeySo I take it Tuan has never heard of a proxy before. Its really simple. In Firefox go to Tools->Options...->Advanced->Network->Settings...->Manual proxy configuration:Then enter your HTTP Proxy and Port and you are good to go. Google up some proxy lists and you can surf without the need for ads. Or maybe this is just another Tom's advertisement for some service right. Hope they pay well.
    Hi mrubermonkey -

    As a matter of fact, I have used proxies many times, and I even wrote the word "proxy" in the story's URL.

    I'm happy you know how to setup a proxy. Some others may not have known and may prefer something like this for a quick fix.

    You made two big assumptions about me that are way out of line. I've done Linux and Windows network administration for years, and no, AnchorFree didn't pay me a cent for this article. I stumbled onto it today actually.

    Not sure why it's so offensive that I share something I found interesting with the community.

    / Tuan
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  • svenolsen
    mrubermonkeySo I take it Tuan has never heard of a proxy before. Its really simple. In Firefox go to Tools->Options...->Advanced->Network->Settings...->Manual proxy configuration:Then enter your HTTP Proxy and Port and you are good to go. Google up some proxy lists and you can surf without the need for ads. Or maybe this is just another Tom's advertisement for some service right. Hope they pay well.
    i may not agree with tuan's mac articles from time to time but you sir are being a douchebag.
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  • dmuir
    But it's not a proxy. It's VPN based setup. Hulu used to work through a proxy, but not any more, otherwise I'd just tunnel through my web host. I've had limited success with Hotspot Shield from Japan. Most of the time, it's unable to provide enough bandwidth to watch videos without pausing every minute or two. Also, there's no Linux version, so that makes it pretty much useless to me.
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  • romans11
    I had to laugh at this. I tried the link, my employer has the website blocked. I tried to Google proxy lists, every site it brought up that I clicked on, my employer blocked. Guess I'm still stuck not being able to check my email or watch videos at work.
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