Help users in Iran reconnect to Signal

Re:Help users in Iran reconnect to Signal by boomboomsubban on Thursday February 04, 2021 @02:06PM (#26028650)

People working for the Iranian state generally would be discernible from their Twitter account, and by controlling the information you hand out you can also flag the hidden accounts that aren't easily recognized.

You also overestimate how committed Iran is to stopping this. Doing this in public risks the state finding out, but outside of times of crisis the state is usually pretty slow to respond. Keeping it private tanks participation rates.

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Re:Help users in Iran reconnect to Signal by not2b on Thursday February 04, 2021 @02:32PM (#26028895)

There are about 700,000 people of Iranian descent in the Los Angeles area alone (the largest such community in the US). Most of them are in the US to escape the regime, and most of friends and family in Iran who they keep in touch with. The people in Iran also have their own networks.

So a down-low friends and family approach could reach a lot of people.

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Re:Help users in Iran reconnect to Signal by boomboomsubban on Thursday February 04, 2021 @03:16PM (#26029293)

If you just filter the amount of those 700,000 down to how many are aware Signal exists, I bet we'd already be at a low enough number to see the problem with your plan.

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