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Re:Stealth signals are bypassing Iran’s internet blackout by bawolff on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @11:59PM (#47788500)
So its just embeding some files in a satalite tv broadcast stream?

I dont think that helps that much. If you have satalite tv going in, you already have video coming in, are arbitrary files really that much more useful?

The thing people really want internet communication for is 2 way coms. Getting info on the situation on the ground out and allowing different groups inside Iran to coordinate. I fail to see how this helps with that.

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Re:Stealth signals are bypassing Iran’s internet blackout by labelbabyjunior on Thursday April 16, 2026 @12:12AM (#47788580)
> So its just embeding some files in a satalite tv broadcast stream?

Which is neither new nor novel.

PlayCable was doing this to download console games over analog cable systems <checks notes> 46 years ago.

TeleText says hello.

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Re:Stealth signals are bypassing Iran’s internet blackout by dirkt on Thursday April 16, 2026 @03:20AM (#47789749)
> I dont think that helps that much.

Teletext [1] was extremely popular in Europe before the Internet was widely available for private households. Also piggybacked on TV.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletext

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