Ask HN: Great Firewall in Iran?

Post by brudgers » Wed, Oct 08, 2025, 11:40 PM UTC

firefax wrote: post #10

brudgers wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess that could be the basis for a vacation, but I doubt the OP is going to move that needle with a burner phone and a VPN.

It speaks volumes that simply circumventing a firewall is "fucking with" a regime. I'm guessing Iran is similar to China (restrictions on GPS software etc). They may be simply trying to efficiently vacation. Having a way to get information out if mistreated can make mistreatment simply not happen. The Persian people are very friendly, but they're held hostage by a lunatic fringe. When you blame the user for circumven…

Post by farseer » Thu, Oct 09, 2025, 9:09 AM UTC

Post by worldsavior » Fri, Oct 10, 2025, 7:02 AM UTC

farseer wrote: post #14

Censorship may not be as severe as China but the Iranian government is very paranoid these days due to security breaches in the recent war. Some of those breaches were hilarious Tbh and reflected badly on the regime. Its best not to be caught with your pants down while using a VPN illegally. There is not telling what they are up to in their extreme paranoia.

Post by iExploder » Thu, Oct 16, 2025, 7:28 AM UTC

minebreaker wrote: post #15

iExploder wrote: post #13

bro, just get a good tour guide, bring a camera and forget about twitter for a few weeks, whats the problem with that? locals use VPNs, sometimes they work, sometimes they dont... gov has on/off switch so you are at their mercy, but honestly do you need access to US social media when on a vacation in a desert?

No, I don't do SNS. I created it to show it to the police. Looks like "I don't have any social media" is considered to be suspicious and you are "hiding" something. At least that's true in the US. I don't know about Iran though.