They do. Briar is perfect for them.
Discussion
Internet blocks unfortunately make everything inaccessible.
Why not use nostr?
Been trying to figure out how they can use it so I can share it over there. I’m not tech savvy, I just want to help.
What is with Session?
Forget Session. Uses a shitcoin in the background. Use SimpleX Chat
Good to know
Also, no Perfect Forward Secrecy.
I like Matrix/Element best.
Issue with matrix is lots of meta data leakage. SimpleX is a better solution in the long-term because they do a good job of limiting how much servers know about you.
Except the user would have to download orbot to make sure that the servers aren't censored. There needs to be a proper solution where they don't need extra tools to get it working.
Exactly.
Hence Briar - https://briarproject.org
The issue with Briar is that they don't have accesible clients on all platforms. Session has its problems but in terms of combatting censorship for everyone it's probably the best right now.
Best practice for people in Iran is Pixel phone with GrapheneOS and using Briar
So are you saying that internet access is completely cutoff?
Peer-to-peer encrypted messaging and forums
Messages are stored securely on your device, not in the cloud
Connect directly with nearby contacts - no Internet access required
Briar works via bluetooth, local wifi and internet. So internet block you can still use bluetooth and local wifi. No server needed.
Signal proxies are also available.
I’m sorry I’m not tech savvy so this is probably a dumb question, but how could local Wi-Fi work if internet is blocked?
Same as your home network. Your pc can still talk to your phone if they are on the same wifi network. They just need internet if they are talking via a server. Briar does not use a server.
https://briarproject.org/how-it-works/
explains it better
Something like this might help to get to the whats app (or any) web app
can they access the pirate bay or similar and then a torrent with the website address for iris or something as an onion address, then said torrent also has firefox-esr wrapped as the tor browser, or similar, and then connect over tor ??
someone needs to get on this ...seed a nostr torrent of the above. of course, with a firefox compatible vpn plugin already synched up in the build dir, for the least amount of thinking possible. (near zero conf)
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