Re:Protests in Iran: State-run live TV hacked by protesters
by jagaerglad on Sunday October 09, 2022 @09:19AM
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That is like ...nothing, then you have like no idea how omnipresent this type of pop culture is (for good or for worse). Of course iranians watch these types of movies and of course an iranian hacker would be aware of the mask symbolism
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Re:Protests in Iran: State-run live TV hacked by protesters
by GekkePrutser on Sunday October 09, 2022 @11:01AM
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These masks are also made by the Chinese in the billions and available in any "Bazar" for very cheap so they're a cheap way to obscure your identity :)
Not saying this is the case here (for TV this is probably well considered and it's not the standard Chinese mask which is the 'smiling' version) but there might be more than one explanation especially for seeing them on the street during protests.