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Ask HN: Iran has now been offline for 100 hours. What can we "technically" do?

7 points by us321 9mo ago

us321 9mo ago
https://mastodon.social/@netblocks/115884027732795019 https://mastodon.social/@netblocks/115884027732795019
ChrisArchitect 9mo ago
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46591974 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46591974 and initially last week, maybe some ideas: Iran Goes Into IPv6 Blackout https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46542683 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46542683
- us321 9mo ago
  To clarify I added ""technically" to the question: My immediate goal is finding a way to reach relatives during this blackout. More importantly, how to build a resilient, long-term communication fail-safe so we aren't cut off when we are connected and the next shutdown happens.
bigyabai 9mo ago
Refund the cost of their Starlink hardware.
- us321 9mo ago
  Most Iranians cannot effort Starlink.
xvxvx 9mo ago
I’m jealous. Think of all the books being read, vinyl being listened to, board games being played, conversations being had. Things were better before the internet.
- us321 9mo ago
  To clarify I added ""technically" to the question: My immediate goal is finding a way to reach relatives during this blackout. More importantly, how to build a resilient, long-term communication fail-safe so we aren't cut off when we are connected and the next shutdown happens.
- Finnucane 9mo ago
  Sure, but that's not exactly the situation in Iran right now.
- breppp 9mo ago
  I think the issue here is not the books being read but rather the people being shot
zkmon 9mo ago
Why does HN think "being offline" is the biggest problem humanity can have?
- us321 9mo ago
  The blackout itself isn't the primary issue; it's the information vacuum it creates. I haven't been able to reach my relatives for 104 hours, and that lack of transparency, not the lack of connectivity, is what is truly terrifying.
- toomuchtodo 9mo ago
  Because the internet blackout is being used to hide lethal force against protestors while the regime attempts to regain control. Iran acknowledges mass protest deaths, but claims situation under control as Trump mulls response - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-protests-us-trump-death-toll-latest-araghchi-claims-situation-under-control/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-protests-us-trump-death-to... - January 12th, 2026 Death toll from protests in Iran hits at least 544, activists say, as Trump says Iran wants to talk -https://apnews.com/article/iran-protests-us-israel-war-nuclear-economy-ae5add408f0dbc724962d41cc37c939a https://apnews.com/article/iran-protests-us-israel-war-nucle... - January 11th, 2025 > The Washington D.C.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency said that, as of Sunday, the 15th day of protests, at least 544 people had been killed, including 483 protesters and 47 members of the security forces. HRANA said the unrest had manifested in 186 cities across all of Iran's 31 provinces. > The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), which is also based in the U.S., said over the weekend that it had "eyewitness accounts and credible reports indicating that hundreds of protesters have been killed across Iran during the current internet shutdown," accusing the regime of carrying out "a massacre." > The Iran Human Rights (IHR) organization, based in Norway, said Saturday that it had confirmed at least 192 protesters were killed, but that the number could be over 2,000. > "Unverified reports indicate that at least several hundreds, and according to some sources, more than 2,000 people may have been killed," IHR said in a statement, adding that according to its estimate, more than 2,600 protesters had been arrested. (with that said, the US government is likely not impacted and has the intelligence they need for coordinating air strikes, if they elect to proceed with them)
- Finnucane 9mo ago

7 points by us321 9mo ago

us321 9mo ago

https://mastodon.social/@netblocks/115884027732795019 https://mastodon.social/@netblocks/115884027732795019

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46591974 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46591974 and initially last week, maybe some ideas: Iran Goes Into IPv6 Blackout https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46542683 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46542683

us321 9mo ago
To clarify I added ""technically" to the question: My immediate goal is finding a way to reach relatives during this blackout. More importantly, how to build a resilient, long-term communication fail-safe so we aren't cut off when we are connected and the next shutdown happens.

bigyabai 9mo ago

Refund the cost of their Starlink hardware.

us321 9mo ago
Most Iranians cannot effort Starlink.

xvxvx 9mo ago

I’m jealous. Think of all the books being read, vinyl being listened to, board games being played, conversations being had. Things were better before the internet.

us321 9mo ago
To clarify I added ""technically" to the question: My immediate goal is finding a way to reach relatives during this blackout. More importantly, how to build a resilient, long-term communication fail-safe so we aren't cut off when we are connected and the next shutdown happens.
Finnucane 9mo ago
Sure, but that's not exactly the situation in Iran right now.
breppp 9mo ago
I think the issue here is not the books being read but rather the people being shot

zkmon 9mo ago

Why does HN think "being offline" is the biggest problem humanity can have?

us321 9mo ago
The blackout itself isn't the primary issue; it's the information vacuum it creates. I haven't been able to reach my relatives for 104 hours, and that lack of transparency, not the lack of connectivity, is what is truly terrifying.
toomuchtodo 9mo ago
Because the internet blackout is being used to hide lethal force against protestors while the regime attempts to regain control. Iran acknowledges mass protest deaths, but claims situation under control as Trump mulls response - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-protests-us-trump-death-toll-latest-araghchi-claims-situation-under-control/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-protests-us-trump-death-to... - January 12th, 2026 Death toll from protests in Iran hits at least 544, activists say, as Trump says Iran wants to talk -https://apnews.com/article/iran-protests-us-israel-war-nuclear-economy-ae5add408f0dbc724962d41cc37c939a https://apnews.com/article/iran-protests-us-israel-war-nucle... - January 11th, 2025 > The Washington D.C.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency said that, as of Sunday, the 15th day of protests, at least 544 people had been killed, including 483 protesters and 47 members of the security forces. HRANA said the unrest had manifested in 186 cities across all of Iran's 31 provinces. > The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), which is also based in the U.S., said over the weekend that it had "eyewitness accounts and credible reports indicating that hundreds of protesters have been killed across Iran during the current internet shutdown," accusing the regime of carrying out "a massacre." > The Iran Human Rights (IHR) organization, based in Norway, said Saturday that it had confirmed at least 192 protesters were killed, but that the number could be over 2,000. > "Unverified reports indicate that at least several hundreds, and according to some sources, more than 2,000 people may have been killed," IHR said in a statement, adding that according to its estimate, more than 2,600 protesters had been arrested. (with that said, the US government is likely not impacted and has the intelligence they need for coordinating air strikes, if they elect to proceed with them)
Finnucane 9mo ago