I really hope the next iPhone with Satellite connectivity not limited to SOS will help for that.
At the same time, I can see Apple caving to Iran governement - or China's - and restrict this feature to countries where it is legal.
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#192I really hope the next iPhone with Satellite connectivity not limited to SOS will help for that. At the same time, I can see Apple caving to Iran governement - or China's - and restrict this feature to countries where it is legal.
Apple devices are pretty much unobtainable to most of the population of Iran due to a variety of reasons
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#193If the weak link is GPS, could they not accept an override for the time and spherical coordinates to connect?
It should be possible to switch the terminal to use the satellites themselves for positioning (Starlink positioning) but it needs manually switching to that option.
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#194Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nice try with the Hasbara, but in the end Netanyahu's gang, Iran crazies are Trumpists arent that different in the end. It's all about power, as 1984 stated. Ideology it's just marketing and bullshit for the people.
I agree that people on the top usually got there because they wanted power. Also, they want to stay in power as long as they can. The greatest feature of democracy is that change of power is organized. With that said, I would argue there is a huge difference between those you have mentioned in how they deal with protests. To make my point clearer, I have an idea for you: In each of the countries you mentioned, go to…
> To make my point clearer, I have an idea for you: In each of the countries you mentioned, go to the capital with a sign "I am against this regime, I want change" and see what happens.
Nice try, but no. The main difference will be how much coverage your arrest will receive, depending on who arrests you and who covers the story.
[1] https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/12/politics/trump-krebs-khal...
[2] https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024-04-26/ty-article-opinio...
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#196But they unblocked it on Wed/Thur, I've been talking to friends normally since then.
Astroturfing much? I haven’t been able to talk to my family for three weeks. Friends who manage to connect are hopping from one workaround to another because IPs are routinely blocked.
Do not immediately jump to such disgusting accusations:
> Astroturfing much?
I have been involved in antiregime activities for years. You can easily find many posts of mine evangelizing the cause in the oddest places e.g.: https://www.themotte.org/post/2196/culture-war-roundup-for-t...
> I just want the regime to change
I run one of the biggest defense forums where I post about it a lot: https://www.reddit.com/r/CredibleDefense/comments/1q09y6q/ac...
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It's not even in the same ballpark. 0.03% of Iranians vs 3% of Gazans. I think we can all agree that Iran shouldn't be massacring its own nationals even if as the government claims they are foreign-influenced, but don't use this as a platform to push an agenda that harms even your own cause.
There is a legal principal that comes into play when people are locked up for contempt of court. You can be locked up indefinitely or until the issue is moot. The the reasoning behind that is you hole the keys to your own cell.
The Israeli's demand was returning the hostages and the bodies of the people Hamas murdered. Hamas refused to do that for a year and a half.
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#198I really hope the next iPhone with Satellite connectivity not limited to SOS will help for that. At the same time, I can see Apple caving to Iran governement - or China's - and restrict this feature to countries where it is legal.
Apple devices are pretty much unobtainable to most of the population of Iran due to a variety of reasons
Untrue — there is a large market for Apple devices, iPhones are super popular in Iran. Fun fact, IRL stores use iMacs because it looks good but they install Windows on them to be able to use their legacy Windows accounting software :)
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#199Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes in most population centers. Any country that has the ability to stand up a cellular network has the ability to deploy jamming at scale. The components needed to build jammers and EW systems have been heavily commodified for a decade now (hell, your phone's power brick, car, and TV all have dual use components for these kinds of applications), and most regional powers have been working on compound semiconductors a…
I don't think it's as easy as you're suggesting. GPS L1 jamming has been done routinely enough but the satellite bands (X/Ku/Ka) appear to be much more difficult to pull off. Iran was reported to have mobile units with a fairly short range that constantly roamed around, only hitting 2 of the 3 bands (Ku/Ka). They're also reported to have received mobile Russian military units capable of jamming all 3 (X/Ku/Ka) over a…
Couldn't they target each starlink satellite for jamming as it flies overhead? The sat would still send fine, but you could effectively kill the antenna?
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#200I've been moderately happy this morning to find out I can open hackernews. Also Gmail is working. After attempting to get bridges using email and configuring an dozen of them I got 100% connection but then it disconnected without me being able to connect to anything. I would assume some sort of tunneling must be possible cause the services available are varied and not limited to a few websites (We only had access to…
Glad to see you here. I’m almost afraid to ask but how are you and everyone else?
I use this same username everywhere and it's tied to my identity so let me keep it brief. I live in a small town and you wouldn't get much protesting or any political activity in those.
On the other hand, I'm currently serving in the police force (Which all able bodied men of age have to do and serve in one of the three armed forces of my country) and the bigger question since the start of the protests has been "What to do if I was put in a position against people?"
Thankfully that hasn't happened yet but still there is a feeling of being stuck between a rock and a hard place.