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Iran's internet blackout may become permanent, with access for elites only

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Re: Iran's internet blackout may become permanent, with access for elites only

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Post by roenxi »

Nursie wrote: post #65
breppp wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it's a very weird kind of propaganda I see a lot of lately. Everything is the same and comparable never mind how hyperbolic. Doubt it? be showered with cherry picked micro facts that on the surface are similar. This rests on the fact that in order to establish a big picture you have to take small facts and agree on the big picture, and that leap from small and verifiable to large and analytic is the place you can inj…

This seems to happen a lot. The UK is doing some shitty stuff and a man was arrested for wearing a “Plasticine Action” t-shirt a few weeks ago, “Palestine Action” being a proscribed group in the UK, and showing support being an offence. When the mistake was realised he was released after a few hours with an apology. These things are objectively terrible, shouldn’t be happening. The UK government is under popular and…

The people complaining probably live in the UK or are related to it somehow. Then it would make sense that they are more worried about authoritarianism in the UK rather than in South America.

And even if the man was wearing a proper "Palestine Action" shirt that'd still be pretty concerning. It is an insane stretch to say that wearing a shirt represents a matter for police action. How far the world has moved on from when the UK could be considered a forward-thinking bastion of liberalism.

Re: Iran's internet blackout may become permanent, with access for elites only

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Post by 4gotunameagain »

edg5000 wrote: post #67
cryptoegorophy wrote: post #16

Spacex satellites blockage was the surprise. How did they do it? I thought it would be the best dooms day kind of insurance. Turns out not.

My wild guess is that jamming is local. Major cities may be fully jammed. To get an idea about GNSS jamming range (different signal of course, probably much easier to jam), there are maps online where you can see which parts of Europe are currently GNSS-jammed. But I have the same question as you.

> probably much easier to jam

Definitely much easier to jam. Much higher orbits for gnss satellites, much lower signal intensity.

Also, starlink uses phased arrays with beamforming, effectively creating an electronically steerable directional antenna. It is harder to jam two directional antennas talking to each other, as your jammers are on the sides, where the lobes of the antenna radiation pattern are smaller.

Still, we're talking about signals coming from space, so maybe it is just enough to sprinkle more jammers in an urban setting.. I'm curious as well.

Re: Iran's internet blackout may become permanent, with access for elites only

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Post by N19PEDL2 »

e-khadem wrote: post #48
breppp wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

for someone with a tech background, how hard is it to setup your own tunnel? I'd assume cloud providers are whitelisted due to economic reasons?

Lol. That was _before_ these new restrictions. And don't assume that you could setup a simple wireguard server and be done with it. No, it had to be a proper low fingerprint method (e.g., you had to hide the tls-in-tls timing pattern and do traffic shaping). Now, something like dnstt sometimes works, sometimes doesn't. You may be able to open gmail in 10 minutes if it does, and you explicitly have to block the fonts.

> it had to be a proper low fingerprint method (e.g., you had to hide the tls-in-tls timing pattern and do traffic shaping).

Can anyone recommend a good book, video course or other material to learn more about these topics?

Re: Iran's internet blackout may become permanent, with access for elites only

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Post by kumarvvr »

Good luck trying to take something back from the populace once already given for decades, even if it is in a limited form.

It's a desperate attempt, that really shows how cornered the administration is.

Any power that fears information, has to have a highly fine grained, high level control of information to maintain power. This is absolutely difficult, in a country as culturally diverse and with a long history as Iran.

Re: Iran's internet blackout may become permanent, with access for elites only

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Post by jamesbelchamber »

reactordev wrote: post #28
lifestyleguru wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What if someone is not a certified wanker?

Head down to your local Tory office and prove it.

The wanker licensing board defected to Reform last week
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