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His roommate, Tara, didn’t look up from her laptop. "You mean a VPN. Don’t do it, Arash. Not the free ones." At 3:16 AM, a faint click came from his smart speaker
The VPN icon appeared. The internet roared to life. YouTube loaded instantly. Instagram refreshed. He laughed. "See? Free and fast." At 3:16 AM
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Arash had been staring at his phone for three hours. The Wi-Fi icon was there, full bars, but every app spun its loading wheel into infinity. His university had blocked everything—social media, streaming, even his favorite coding forum.