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Trying to understand the rationale here. So Iran are blocking WhatsApp and other messaging services by blacklisting IPs or filtering the traffic? Is the idea th
by asim 4y ago
Trying to understand the rationale here. So Iran are blocking WhatsApp and other messaging services by blacklisting IPs or filtering the traffic? Is the idea that people will connect to random proxy nodes for signal that will circumvent this blocking?
Edit: as a follow up question. Do the people of Iran need messaging access to people outside of Iran or more likely their friends and family within Iran. Most of these messaging services are centralised so blocking them means cutting off communication within the country as well. Maybe they'd benefit from running private messaging servers themselves?
- gsatic 4y agoYup family or friends abroad can run the proxy. Its not straightforward for govt to find the proxies if their addresses are privately shared.
- asim 4y agoHow do you tell them the proxy exists?
- Dobbs 4y agoThis is discussed in the blog post (which probably should have been linked instead of the git repo) https://signal.org/blog/run-a-proxy/ https://signal.org/blog/run-a-proxy/
- asim 4y agoI think that just sort of says, hey share this signal.tube link or use a hashtag on a public channel like Twitter. When they say DM or use a private channel to distribute it my question is, what are those channels? What if those are also blocked?