Hi, The important point that we must not forget is the first priority for users in Iran is access. It means users would like to check their FB & Twitter accounts. Therefore, TOR is not feasible solution for them because they have not high speed internet connection.
Cheers, A On 22 February 2014 03:21, Nathan of Guardian <[email protected]>wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 02/21/2014 09:54 PM, Nima Fatemi wrote: > > Nariman Gharib: > >>> so if anybody can help me to tell me which these tools in below > >>> are safe it would be great. > > I've double checked that Tor works just fine in Iran. This is for > > both vanilla (normal Tor Browser Bundle) and Pluggable Transports > > Bundle (including but not limited to obfsproxy). > > > > Android users can use Orbot to access Tor network. > > > > I believe we have the necessary tools, what we certainly need here > > is to educate ppl on how to use it safely. > > Yes, my question is why Nariman didn't have Orbot on his list in the > first place? Perhaps people don't consider Tor to be a VPN, or don't > know it is available on Android? > > - From the Tor metrics site (and as Nima said), there seems to be about > 25,000 active Tor sessions per day from Iran, via direct access (not > using a bridge): > > https://metrics.torproject.org/users.html?graph=userstats-relay-country&start=2013-11-24&end=2014-02-22&country=ir&events=off#userstats-relay-country > > We receive many emails each day from users in Iran, and it is > definitely working for a good number of them. I know that with Google > Play Store, Iranian users can search for Orbot, but when they try to > download it, it is blocked with a 403 Forbidden error by a filter on > the Iranian side. We do however offer direct downloads of our software > (see the support link below) > > Maybe we need to create a version of this tutorial that can be > published in Farsi on a site people visit? > > https://guardianproject.info/howto/browsefreely/ > > We've also recently created a simple support message that could be > sent out, to help people debug issues they might be having access > downloads, configuring the software and so on: > > https://dev.guardianproject.info/projects/support/wiki/Orbot_Auto_Response > > As for the other solutions, the only one that looks trustworthy is > Shadowsocks, though it is just a SOCK5 proxy system, which means it is > limited to the amount of proxy server IPs you can setup and host. > > +n > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJTCBfRAAoJEKgBGD5ps3qpnzMP/2r8VC/oAjubz7Tr+Ba8GRwP > cdDuhOEIHF5bVIfz6djYqU9UK732OSS6CIBBQ3e+oiOqU3e4moJOjMykqleGG917 > tQ+ddXm1EdPmUM8e9vQbHimY5mUhm9qpnPrbkyfC4Gm1ZFr+bUDb/a9rR+BUH97d > p4Qos0yiTXorgOv1iDo5KPOjRyIsGt2+jRj+fhaXSqk8Gv/j3a7YurR/E6pjF957 > GpyjU4Imog6a3l5dseDaqurkVJp7xR6rgWbDwv7uDBKAc3GvO8a/JTW2BqdRumw/ > XvBNLJ8OJm/Iy1QJbF4xwauuBxWSWOrxT9L8ZpYc5blG5MnydQTqtzPD53a7NOSz > WWlEHmreriaguXs+K3jS1aryV1GJPaue/s1dVs7WgGB0Us7lMlFxeYwQzDdrbdFk > h/gOKXu+Cd9ey+5/bH2BEqzJc3RB4/VzMYZ99fzK7lumrqo3lLexvC4QLwY9kuhd > vpbar2VVJ6ofEZ2ZZ3dNCOYsu2G5YJ5k2z2FCXfd1uW0OWD2HOT5VB6CkSbR/tW3 > C8dtgPg0uh432JW6/3icuk0GEzfXmaBxg09aHjXzCgt5wWRAjSv83KBdIc3DK1n6 > CMe9j2O1rsyK24CoXD89oBb4Jf7HuUGu9A2G+/6T+rNtjYE2Z4wkvTgfqN3beaLh > NqoeV9c9aS16Q17r8uNA > =pKCP > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations > of list guidelines will get you moderated: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at > [email protected]. >
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