Support for Iran, Cuba and a number of other countries has been added to Twitter: http://mashable.com/2015/01/27/twitter-iran-cuba/
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 4:18 PM, Nariman Gharib <nariman...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi John, > > On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 8:41 PM, John Adams <j...@retina.net> wrote: > >> This series of posts conflicts about three different problems. It's >> hard to tell what you're having an issue with: Government censorship, >> lack of SMS, or 2-factor in the places. >> >> From what I know: >> >> 1. If any censorship of Twitter is going on, it's Iran, and not >> Twitter that is censoring the communications. If the telcos are >> blocking messages from Twitter's SMS source, it's the telcos. >> >> 2. It's possible Twitter doesn't have a business relationship with any >> SMS carriers in the country, so that can break phone verification. You >> can still download the client on ios or android and use the code >> generation in the client to verify a device, if Twitter is reachable >> across the Internet from Iran. > > Google does? Facebook does? you can't activate your 2step verification > via app without adding your phone number in Twitter as far as I know. > > >> >> 3. Who blocked this "Trick" of modifying the page with +98? The page >> is completely in SSL, so if that change isn't working anymore then >> most likely, Twitter modified the page. >> > > Twitter did that. > > >> >> 4. "I wonder if there's a way to get Twitter to remove the restriction >> for users based in Iran." -- This is a problem that the Iranian >> government needs to solve, not Twitter. >> > Yes you are right. But 'I think' Twitter have a concern about activists > and high profile internet users in Iran, because the verification code > comes from a text message to the phone number, it's easy for the Government > or IRGC to find those Twitter accounts owners. > >> >> It's easier to figure out how to fix these things when you're clear in >> the way that you express the problem. >> > You are right and I'm sorry. > > >> >> -j >> >> >> On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 9:44 AM, Griffin Boyce <grif...@cryptolab.net> >> wrote: >> > I wonder if Twitter restricts accounts to one per phone number. Phone >> > verification is readily bypassed with something like twilio, but only >> the >> > *most* advanced users would be able to pull this off. It would be worth >> > setting up an app to allow Iranian users to bypass it >> semi-automatically, >> > but spambots and abusers would *decimate* it. >> > >> > I wonder if there's a way to get Twitter to remove the restriction for >> > users based in Iran. There's not really a good reason for it in the >> first >> > place =/ >> > >> > ~Griffin >> > >> > Nariman Gharib wrote: >> >> >> >> no it doesn't. they blocked this 'trick' and also many Iranian users >> >> can't register to Twitter anymore because it require phone >> >> verification on sign-up page. >> >> >> >> On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 5:11 PM, Kate Krauss <ka...@critpath.org> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Does this still work? >> >>> >> >>> Thanks, >> >>> >> >>> Katie >> >>> >> >>> On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Nariman Gharib >> >>> <nariman...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> Hi, >> >>>> Basically as you knew Iran is not on the country list of Twitter. >> >>>> I've reached to Twitter and they know about this issue. >> >>>> >> >>>> Iranians are gets very active on Twitter after 2009 Pres.Election >> >>>> till now and the numbers of the users all of the time are growing. >> >>>> It's sad we see Twitter hasn't Iran on the list while Google and >> >>>> other networks are supporting Iran's telephone numbers for give >> >>>> the users the option to enable the 2step verification. >> >>>> >> >>>> so today I wrote an article on my blog and teach iranians how they >> >>>> can active their twitter telephone number(SMS service and active >> >>>> their 2step verification) from inside iran. >> >>>> https://twitter.com/ListenToUs/status/497374522426015744 [1] >> >>>> >> >>>> how: actually when you are going to submit a number of twitter >> >>>> website, with Inspect element on chrome you can add +98 on the >> >>>> form and write your in the telephone number field and twitter will >> >>>> send you a text message and everything is going to successful. >> >>>> >> >>>> and many iranians are now have twitter verification on their >> >>>> phones and some of them like this man: >> >>>> https://twitter.com/ziarlarimi/status/497484191613726720 [2] >> >>>> texting from IRAN without using any circumvention tools. >> >>>> >> >>>> I hope twitter will decide to add Iran to the 'INTERFACE' of the >> >>>> website,because on the backend everything is fine. >> >>>> >> >>>> Thanks >> >>>> Nariman >> > >> > >> > -- >> > 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 >> > compa...@stanford.edu. >> -- >> Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. 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