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Yes, a proxy acts as a middleman. But as the blog post itself points out, When you publicly post a signal.tube link, or if a particular server becomes too p
by webmobdev 4y ago
Yes, a proxy acts as a middleman. But as the blog post itself points out,
When you publicly post a signal.tube link, or if a particular server becomes too popular, it increases the chance that Iranian censors will simply add those IPs to their block list.
authorities can track how the information flows, which can be used to identify you (for e.g. through the proxy IP). With foreign encrypted networks, police / intelligence now focus more on getting the device that sent or received the message, rather than intercepting the message by breaking the encryption, as that is an easier method to get all the communication. (And remember that Signal uses phone numbers as identifiers, which really makes it easy for law enforcement to track someone in any investigation). So if someone has been tagged as suspect "terrorist" by the Iranians, and they determine that your proxy has enabled that suspect to bypass their laws and use Signal, you can be liable for aiding and abetting "terrorism".
- Crispness9889 4y agoAh, they just go to the source and deal with it there instead of trying to crack the message. But am I understanding correctly, that if you used this thing, what is flowing through your network would all be encrypted stuff, basically just noise to anyone who isn't either the sender or signal? (if none of the devices in this has been compromised)
- webmobdev 4y agoYes, that is what Signal claims - the data is encrypted and they try to disguise it as much as possible to look like normal internet traffic. But governments around the world also make equal effort to ensure they can identify the different traffic that flows through their internet infrastructure.