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I live in Iran and I am lucky enough to have a connected link right now, but this is the last link among the others I lost in the previous hours. I was wonderin
by sepent 7y ago
I live in Iran and I am lucky enough to have a connected link right now, but this is the last link among the others I lost in the previous hours. I was wondering is there any stable solution like satellite internet or something without direct affiliation with government for people like me, desperate enough to ask questions like this.
- swiley 7y agoIf you’re ok with something slow there are dialup ISPs. Even slower and without encryption (although cryptographic auth is ok) is PSKmail.
- aaomidi 7y agoDialup ISPs won't work in Iran right now. Internet connectivity and international phone calls are managed by the govt.
- kick 7y agoIf you think you could organize people quickly enough, maybe a meshnet? Or if you can get your hands on a few high-powered radios, you can transfer bits through them, though slowly, and you'd require cooperation from others (or just use them to talk with other people, but that's probably not what you're looking for).
- dogma1138 7y agoConsidering IRGC counter intelligence is likely constantly monitoring for radio signals it’s probably not a good idea to do so. A mesh radio network could easily look like a cell of foreign tasked assets spying on the country especially if any of the peers would be near strategic POI’s. In a western country you might pay a fine after clearing up a misunderstanding even if does get you pulled out of your bed in the middle of the night. In Iran on the other hand your fate will likely be quite different...
- trevyn 7y agoHonestly, it looks like IRGC isn’t going to be around much longer, so it’s probably fine.
- ficklepickle 7y agoIn the thread Toosheh is mentioned, a satellite filecasting service that operates in the middle east. It can be received with a regular TV satellite dish. Just in case you weren't aware of it. Be safe.
- tracer4201 7y agoThis is an interesting notion and one I never thought about before - there is nothing preventing another state from beaming internet down to citizens of Iran (or any other nation that shuts down internet but lacks technology to shoot down a satellite... If Elon Musk was to put satellites over Iran, what kind of ground infrastructure would be required for someone to connect? Can it be a radio that fits in ones pocket but can easily be connected via USB or some other ubiquitous interface? The goal here is to have something so easy to hide and transport that the government can maybe find it from 50% of the population at best.
- wcoenen 7y ago> Can it be a radio that fits in ones pocket No, Starlink will use a phased array antenna that has been described as being the size of a pizza box. Iridium GO! devices are small and already exist, but you'll pay exorbitant prices for very low speeds.
- cartoonworld 7y agoI don't know, but I would imagine Iridium service is embargoed.
- ISL 7y agoIt is hard to hide when you are transmitting RF. Even with beamforming, there will be sidelobes.
- mycall 7y agoMaybe hiding doesn't matter. Of course, signal jamming isn't hard to achieve.
- marcosdumay 7y agoFor bidirectional data, yes. But a foreign country can broadcast easily.
- angott 7y agoSatellite is also relatively easy to jam, like GPS.
- athinggoingon 7y agoHi fellow Iranian. Install Toosheh while you can: https://twitter.com/radiojibi/status/1195802219884503040 https://twitter.com/radiojibi/status/1195802219884503040
- driverdan 7y agoFor those of us who can't speak Arabic, can you explain what Toosheh is?
- Mathnerd314 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toosheh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toosheh. It's software for decoding a 1-6GB daily data dump broadcast over satellite TV.
- taspeotis 7y agohttps://knapsackforhope.org/ https://knapsackforhope.org/
- mavdi 7y agohttps://www.quora.com/Whats-the-quickest-way-to-offend-an-Iranian https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-quickest-way-to-offend-an-Ir...
- kick 7y agoIt's Arabic script, though, isn't it?
- koaladevops 7y agoNo it's Persian alphabet. They look similar but aren't exactly the same thing.
- MrMorden 7y agoThe writing system is based on Arabic (with several extra letters, and several retained from Arabic used only in loanwords), but Persian is a completely different language. https://medium.com/@eteraz/the-death-of-the-urdu-script-9ce935435d90 https://medium.com/@eteraz/the-death-of-the-urdu-script-9ce9...