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Re:Help users in Iran reconnect to Signal by lacker on Thursday February 04, 2021 @12:27PM (#26027554)
Iran is already blocking Tor. In general, if Signal provides some central way to use Tor together with Signal, the Iranian government can just run it on their machine, and block every IP address that it tries to connect to.

Iran can block these proxies, too, but this way there isn't any centralized listing of proxies. This proxy setup is simple enough that a single person could run a proxy for a few dozen of their friends, and the Iranian government might just never find out about it.

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Re:Help users in Iran reconnect to Signal by gruez on Thursday February 04, 2021 @01:15PM (#26028135)
there are public and private bridges.
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Re:Help users in Iran reconnect to Signal by sudosysgen on Friday February 05, 2021 @01:00AM (#26033575)
If I remember correctly from what my Iranian friends told me not long ago, there are indeed working bridges in Iran.
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Re:Help users in Iran reconnect to Signal by f430 on Thursday February 04, 2021 @02:15PM (#26028727)
exactly, this article is exceptionally egregious at estimating state actor's tools agumented by HUMINT capabilities to hunt down anybody trying to subvert their iron curtain.

I fear that some naive Western expat will participate and find themselves in a hostage. Many countries in this don't have any treaties with Western nations, they dont have high regard for human rights either.

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