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Can't wait for a certain dictator to get a cellmate, so that our Persian and Kurdish friends can have freedom, including free unrestricted internet access. And
by uyzstvqs 10mo ago
Can't wait for a certain dictator to get a cellmate, so that our Persian and Kurdish friends can have freedom, including free unrestricted internet access.
And for fellow HN users from there, here's some great stuff: https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/ https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/ https://bitchat.free/ https://bitchat.free/
- huragok 10mo agoMbS? MbZ?
- throwaway894345 10mo agoI'm also curious about LoRA / sneakernet applications. Have those been widely used in cases of censorship?
- anakaine 10mo agoLora is fine if you want to send a very short message. Its not useful for much else. Its also not a prevalent technology compared to general.internet/mobile phone. Organising resistance with it is the pipe dream of those who play with chips and antennas, but its not something thats going to happen when crowds and mobs form up in a situation like this. Not least because the hardware is not accessible to your average citizen.
- throwaway894345 10mo agoYeah, that makes sense. I’ve curious if there are sneakernet things for communicating messages between passing mobile devices? Something that uses exist hardware and is actually used in practice.
- wiml 10mo agoThere are things like Briar, Scuttlebutt, Berty, Serval, probably more I don't know of.
- itintheory 10mo agoThere are real-world examples of non-internet networks being created in authoritarian regimes. One example I've read about is in Cuba [1] but I presume there are others. [1] https://restofworld.org/2020/the-life-and-death-of-snet-havanas-alternative-internet/ https://restofworld.org/2020/the-life-and-death-of-snet-hava...
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- sigmonsays 10mo agohow does Yggdrasil work if ipv6 is dead?
- rnhmjoj 10mo agoYggdrasil uses exclusively IPv6 for routing on its own overlay network, but not on the Internet. See https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/faq.html#does-yggdrasil-require-ipv6 https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/faq.html#does-yggdrasil-...
- sigmonsays 9mo agoaha! Thanks
- uyzstvqs 10mo agoIt forms its own IPv6 network separate from the internet. It can peer over any IPv4 or IPv6 network, including the internet, LAN, or PTP.
- croes 10mo agoLike when the US removed Saddam? How did that wirk out? You need more of a plan than just get rid of a dictator.
- swat535 10mo agoIran can end up in a much more dire state. It can end up another Syria / Libya.. or worse another aggressive group like Taliban can take hold of the central government. I also fear that the looming, imminent war between Israel and Iran is going to make things works. I'm expecting Israel to start a conflict within the next 6 months (or sooner) with the aid of United States. This is the weakest IRGC have been. Many of their allies have been crippled, they have water issues, economical issues and now protests. I think that securing Venezuela's oil aids this, should IRAN attempt to disrupt the Strait of Hormuz, it will allow Israel and United States to maintain reserves (to what extend, I don't know). I think things are going to get difficult for Iranian people, no matter what.
- tonymet 10mo agoWe have a pro this time
- reissbaker 10mo agoIt worked out poorly for America — we got stuck in a long expensive war that we got basically nothing from — but for the average Iraqi? I'd much rather be an Iraqi citizen than an Iranian one, and that wouldn't have been true in the 90s. Saddam was pretty evil — and a bad leader. Iraq's GDP per capita is 6x higher today than it was in 2002, a year before the invasion.
- aprilthird2021 10mo agoThe Kurdish separatists and militants allied with the wrong country and they have very little chance of a state of their own. Iranians though, sure, things can change with or without the current govt
- Qwertious 10mo ago>The Kurdish separatists and militants allied with the wrong country Which country is that? Last I checked, the Kurds were helping out the US a couple of years ago and got absolutely screwed.
- aprilthird2021 9mo agoThat's the wrong country
- switchbak 10mo agoSure, a US invasion of Iran would undoubtedly lead to good things. And how can you say the Kurds are friends of the USA (I'm presuming you mean friends of the USA) given how many times they've been abandoned? Just take a look at what happened to Libya, sometimes removing a "bad person" will cause a far worse situation to evolve. Like literal human slavery. I will never cease to be amazed at the amnesia that arises when folks in power decide now is a good time to sell a war to the people.
- anakaine 10mo agoIn Iran they have had several police forces join the protestors at this point. Hopefully its a theme that continues and includes the military. It only takes about 30% of the population supporting the regime plus military intervention to hold onto power. For some time now it seems that they've been below the 30% mark.
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- StriverGuy 10mo agoHow is that working out?
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- andrepd 10mo agoIsrael is a terrorist regime that commits genocide against Palestinians. What use is it if the ones fighting it are terrorists as well? In your hypothetical world where Iran is the strongest regional power, what does that accomplish? The Palestinians trade Israeli and Hamas's oppression for being a protectorate of the Islamic Republic of Iran? I never really understood this line of thinking.
- andrepd 10mo agoYes, both Venezuela and (in your hypothetical) Iran would certainly be better and not worse after US intervention. How could they not, with such a great track record (Iraq, Lybia, Chile, Guatemala,...)!
- m4rtink 10mo agoMore likely Asad will get another buddy to play Sounter Strike with - both he and Yanukovich must be bored to death by now in 2 people.