Thursday, 25 June 2009
Iranian updates (keep refreshing page#46)
Iran unrest to dominate G8 summit
طلفا فردا هیچ کس لباس سبز به تن نکنید. با لباس های عادی به بازار ها بروید چون سبزپوش ها تحت نظارت قرار می گیرند. اگر کسی از شما چیزی بپرسد، بگویید که مصروف خریداری هستید. به بازار ها بروید، هیچ چیزی خریداری نکنید و با هم صحبت کنید. اینجوری شهر ها شلوغ و بازار ها بسته می شوند و جان شما نیز در امان می ماند.
حالا وقت آن رسیده که به جای قوای فزیکی با قوای اقتصادی مظاهره کرد. من نمی خواهم که بگویم که این حرف ها را به من زده. لطفا شما هم به کسی نگویید.
هیچ جای ترس نیست. کسی پرسید بگویین که ما به خریدار آمده ایم و بس.
ستاد موسوی: هدف این است که تهران باید درب بازار ها و کار بسته شود. ملیون ها تهرانی باید به بازار برود و چیزی نخرد.
ستاد موسوی: به وظیفه هایتان نروید. هر صبح ساعت نه بجه با دوستان و خانواده به سوی بازار تهران حرکت کنید.
ستاد موسوی: سر از فردا ما دیگه همه مان میرویم به بازار تهران از ساعت نه به بعد. حکومت هر چه بکند، بازار ها بسته خواهند شد.
ستاد موسوی: دیگر بالای حکومت انرژی خود را ضایع نمی کنیم. باید روش خود را تغیر دهیم.
لطفا این را تویت کنید به همه دوستان تان یکی از دوستان ما در تویتراز طریق آستون هیپ این مشوره ها را برای تظاهار کننده گان رسانده:
In a meeting with members of the parliament, Khamenei against defended the elections and said that the Islamic regime and people would at any cost not be forced! He added that in the current situation, he has emphasized the rule of law. He continued to say that if there was no law, then dictatorship will prevail.
He added that if the law was not followed than things will get complicated, thus, the law must be adhered. He said that if not followed, then the legality of any elections in the future will be questionable.
He added that the law must pass down from the top down, the people at the top must adhere to the law and if they don't, then the ordinary people cannot be expected to do so.
He called on the representatives of people in the parliament to cooperate with the government and not make it difficult for them to run society day to day. He added that this doesn't mean the government shouldn't be criticized if it is wrong, but rather if there is anything, it shouldn't be taken up with the government in a 'friendly' way.
Excerpts from Khamenei's speech to parliamentarians today, June 24 in Tehran.
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@BBCThis blog has called for the legalisation of ALL drugs in the past.
You are making criminals of a lot of people.
It is a health issue not a criminal one!
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Tehran 'like a war zone' as ayatollah refuses to back down on election
“The measure of a nation is its vote.”
Is Facebook Helping to Squash the Green Revolution?
Inhumane Bastards!
Neda Soltan's family 'forced out of home' by Iranian authorities
Parents of young woman shot dead near protests are banned from mourning and funeral is cancelled, neighbours say
Full story @ TheGuardian
!!!
they pull away the dead into trucks - like factory - no human can do this - we beg Allah for save us - #Iranelection
"I was going towards Baharestan with my friend. This was everyone, not just supporters of one candidate or another. All of my friends, they were going to Baharestan to express our opposition to these killings and demanding freedom. The black-clad police stopped everyone. They emptied the buses that were taking people there and let the private cars go on. We went on until Ferdowsi then all of a sudden some 500 people with clubs came out of [undecipherable] mosque and they started beating everyone. They tried to beat everyone on [undecipherable] bridge and throwing them off of the bridge. And everyone also on the sidewalks. They beat a woman so savagely that she was drenched in blood and her husband, he fainted. They were beating people like hell. It was a massacre. They were trying to beat people so they would die. they were cursing and saying very bad words to everyone. This was exactly a massacre... I don't know how to describe it."
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Again thanx for following.
If you follow on all the links that I have posted today again there is some very interesting reading...
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Newspaper Roozonline has an interview (in Persian) with one of the young plainclothes militiamen who have been beating protesters.
The Guardian's Robert Tait sends this synopsis:
The man, who has come from a small town in the eastern province of Khorasan and has never been in Tehran before, says he is being paid 2m rial (£122) to assault protestors with a heavy wooden stave. He says the money is the main incentive as it will enable him to get married and may even enable him to afford more than one wife. Leadership of the volunteers has been provided by a man known only as "Hajji", who has instructed his men to "beat the counter-revolutionaries so hard that they won't be able to stand up". The volunteers, most of them from far-flung provinces such as Khuzestan, Arak and Mazandaran, are being kept in hostel accommodation, reportedly in east Tehran. Other volunteers, he says, have been brought from Lebanon, where the Iranian regime has strong allies in the Hezbollah movement. They are said to be more highly-paid than their Iranian counterparts and are put up in hotels. The last piece of information seems to confirm the suspicion of many Iranians that foreign security personnel are being used to suppress the demonstrators. For all his talk of the legal process, this interview provides a key insight into where Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, believes the true source of his legitimacy rests. @TheGuardian
Eye witness account
I am an Iranian-American student in Iran. I just got back from Baharestan and here’s what I saw. I got there around 3:45 pm Tehran time and about 500-1000 people were mulling around the subway station and park across the street from the Majles. The police presence was slim so people were just waiting in the shade to see what was coming. Then it police and pasdaran started arriving from all sides and moving people away. First, from the subway stop, then from the sidestreets and sidewalks, and then from the major streets surrounding it. Of course they were polite first (Iranian custom dies hard), but no one really left when asked. I circled around several times to see if people would resist. More people were arriving from all sides. Some whispered that that everyone was going to another place, but that didn’t convince many. The lack of organization was palpable - people were expecting something but they didn’t know what. Mousavi to jump out of a moving car? Khatami to swing in like Toby McGuire?
Finally the more ominous looking black-clad guards showed up and started phalanxes that cleared the sidewalks. I was a block away until about 4:30 and heard no shots, and only heard about some beatings via others in the crowd. One phalanx came my way so I ducked into an alley, and then they turned down the same alley looking very goon squad-like so I just headed away. If there were hardcore protesters that stayed after that then I’m sure they had trouble coming. On my way back from Imam Khomeini metro station (where police were also posted outside in the square) I noticed that Baharestan metro stop had been closed - the train passed it without stopping.
Even so, the police presence was nothing like the massive buildup in Enghelab square from Saturday onwards.
Via TheLede
Eye witness account
I am an Iranian-American student in Iran. I just got back from Baharestan and here’s what I saw. I got there around 3:45 pm Tehran time and about 500-1000 people were mulling around the subway station and park across the street from the Majles. The police presence was slim so people were just waiting in the shade to see what was coming. Then it police and pasdaran started arriving from all sides and moving people away. First, from the subway stop, then from the sidestreets and sidewalks, and then from the major streets surrounding it. Of course they were polite first (Iranian custom dies hard), but no one really left when asked. I circled around several times to see if people would resist. More people were arriving from all sides. Some whispered that that everyone was going to another place, but that didn’t convince many. The lack of organization was palpable - people were expecting something but they didn’t know what. Mousavi to jump out of a moving car? Khatami to swing in like Toby McGuire?
Finally the more ominous looking black-clad guards showed up and started phalanxes that cleared the sidewalks. I was a block away until about 4:30 and heard no shots, and only heard about some beatings via others in the crowd. One phalanx came my way so I ducked into an alley, and then they turned down the same alley looking very goon squad-like so I just headed away. If there were hardcore protesters that stayed after that then I’m sure they had trouble coming. On my way back from Imam Khomeini metro station (where police were also posted outside in the square) I noticed that Baharestan metro stop had been closed - the train passed it without stopping.
Even so, the police presence was nothing like the massive buildup in Enghelab square from Saturday onwards.
Via TheLede
RT hackers please hack www.gerdab.ir this is a website that identifies and hurts innocent ppl participatin in peaceful rallies #iranelection
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
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From Iran im now in one of the protests:i have see for shure 4 dead ppl URGENT FWD TO TELL THE FREE WORLD #IRANELECTION #tehran #qom
UNCONF report from Tehran: 3 ppl shot in Baharestan, shooting continues, conflicts increasing. #iranelection #gr88 #neda #iran
Iran 'will not yield' over poll@BBC
RT IRAN: Plainclothes among the people in Baharestan- if you talk on your mobile there, you will be beaten or arrested. #iranelection less than 10 seconds ago from web
Report: Militia's Ordered To Pick-Up Protesters (List of Names) For Execution In The Streets (Unconfirmed) #IranElection Tehran Iran Neda less than 10 seconds ago from web
saw 7/8 militia beating one woman with baton on ground - she had no defense nothing - #Iranelection sure that she is dead
so many ppl arrested - young & old - they take ppl away - #Iranelection - we lose our group
Another cleric takes part in the protest!
reports police attacked ppl holding #Neda's pix. Clashes, tear gas in Baharestan Sq. #iranelection #iran #gr88 #mousavi RT (3pm): Baharestan situation is too bad , police shoot ,people sent to the south of Sq #iranelection
RT a girl was shooted in Baharestan Sq #iranelection #gr88 #neda they dont allow people to help shooted girl
>More than 10.000 Bassij Milittias get position in Central Tehran, including Baharestan Sq.
>25 journalist were arrested last night.
>Arrested journalists have been threatend to write in support of Ahmadinejad and his government and not to support popular gatherings anymore.
> Mohsen Rezae popular communications office, in an open letter criticized him for getting back his complaint from the Guardian Council inregards 2009 Iran election
>Army Helycopters flying over Baharestan and Vali Asr Sq.
>'Larijani pressing for Mousavi to be given airtime on IRIB to discuss elections'
>Thousands of detainees family members have gathered in front of Tehran's revolution(Enghelaab)court. The force police has surrounded them.Fervent atmosphere in place and conflict is possible at any moment.
> Emad-e-din Baaghi was served by Enghelab court & warned for interview with Persian media outside Iran.
>Conflict at Baharestan Sq.Even police attack pedestrian by tear gas.
> The Islamic Republic of Iran does not allow under any circustances any form of mourning ceremony for NEDA AGHA SOLTAN
>The streets, squares and around BAHARESTAN (Approx. South-eastern of Tehran) is swarming with military forces, civilian forces, the security motorists@RevolutionaryRoad
> Mohsen Rezae popular communications office, in an open letter criticized him for getting back his complaint from the Guardian Council inregards 2009 Iran election
>Army Helycopters flying over Baharestan and Vali Asr Sq.
>'Larijani pressing for Mousavi to be given airtime on IRIB to discuss elections'
>Thousands of detainees family members have gathered in front of Tehran's revolution(Enghelaab)court. The force police has surrounded them.Fervent atmosphere in place and conflict is possible at any moment.
> Emad-e-din Baaghi was served by Enghelab court & warned for interview with Persian media outside Iran.
>Conflict at Baharestan Sq.Even police attack pedestrian by tear gas.
> The Islamic Republic of Iran does not allow under any circustances any form of mourning ceremony for NEDA AGHA SOLTAN
>The streets, squares and around BAHARESTAN (Approx. South-eastern of Tehran) is swarming with military forces, civilian forces, the security motorists@RevolutionaryRoad
1.40pm:
Hundreds of people, many from the families of those arrested have gathered outside Revolution Court, according to usually reliable Twitter user.
A reader emails with the correct spellings of the locations for today's demonstrations: Baharestan Square, Enghelab Square, Vanak Square, Vali-asr Square, Tajrish Square and Sadeghieh Square.
1.31pm:
Anne Applebaum focuses on the important role of women in Iran's upheaval.
But regimes that repress the civil and human rights of half their population are inherently unstable. Sooner or later, there has to be a backlash. In Iran, we're watching one unfold.@TheGuardian
The Islamic Republic of Iran does not allow under any circustances any form of mourning ceremony for NEDA AGHA SOLTAN
RT Basij are Iranains, not Lebanese or Palestinian. Don't be like Khamenei and blame foreigners. RT Rt #IranElection
Update | 8:27 a.m. Outside Tehran it has been hard to get accurate information about protests but Lara Setrakian of ABC reports from Dubai that she “just heard disturbing news of 22-yr-old in Mashad shot dead while chanting Allahu Akbar on roof.” She adds that the report is unconfirmed but from a trusted source. @TheLede
WHY IS THIS BEING KEPT UNDER WRAPS?
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I would be very grateful
Iranian updates (keep refreshing page#45)
He went to a polling station on the day of the election not having shaved for a couple of days - which gave him the appearance of a Basij or a plain-clothed pro-regime type. When he handed his ID notebook in order to cast his vote, the authorities didn't bother to stamp it to confirm that he had already done so and was ineligible to cast any further ballots - they assumed from his appearance he was pro-Ahmadinejad and so wanted to give him the chance to vote again.. He voted for Mousavi - and taking advantage of the official hospitality - he went straight to another polling station and cast another vote for Mousavi. It was to no avail and that's not what the tacit nod towards casting a second vote was designed to achieve. But it's a fascinating insight into the jiggery-pokery that went on in election day.Robert Tait @TheGuardian
An Iranian protester holding an anti-British placard kicks burning flags during a demonstration in front of the British Embassy in Tehran, Iran. Photograph: Javad Moghimi/APJeremy Bowen BBC reports less militia on streets when he toured 1 hour ago #iranelection #gr88
Despite fantasies of insurrection in some of the more fevered Western media assessments of the confrontation, the balance of forces appears to militate against a knockout blow by either side. U.S.-based Iran scholar Farideh Farhi, speaking to the Council on Foreign Relations, stressed that Ahmadinejad and the Supreme leader may not have the majority of the people behind them, "but they do have support. They also have the resources of the state - both financial and military. So that makes them quite robust."
At the same time, Farhi notes, the opposition coalition includes some very powerful figures from within the regime, who together command the support of a large section of the population. Thus, she warns, "To assume that this will lead ultimately to a victory of one over the other is unrealistic as well as dangerous because it may come at the cost of tremendous violence." More likely, she argues, is the pursuit of some sort of compromise that allows the regime to back down to some extent, without necessarily surrendering.@Time via HuffPo
There are numerous Twitter reports of demonstrations taking place in Tehran. One says the protests are at six locations: Bahareset, Valiasr, Enghelab, Vanak, Tajrish, Sadehgieh.
Army Helycopters flying over Baharestan and Vali Asr Sq. #iranelection
7:13 AM ET -- Demonstrations going local. An editor for the Kahylan newspaper notes to Al Jazeera that university students are now returning to their home towns, and bringing demonstrations with them. "In provinces, where people were before gathering in universities, in recent days were are seeing people gathering in main squares."@HuffPo
The Iranian authorities and their lackeys in the state-controlled media are trying to launch a counter-offensive on the Neda phenomenon, writes Robert Tait.
Jomhouri Islami newspaper is blaming her shooting on snipers from the MKO (a militant group calling for the overthrow of the republic). It said the group exploited the lack of security created by the demonstrations.
Javan, another pro-regime paper, blamed an even more unlikely source - my friend and recently expelled BBC correspondent Jon Leyne. It claims that Leyne hired "thugs" to shoot her so he could then make a documentary film.
Meanwhile, the government has forbidden hospitals from releasing deaths certificates that give shooting as the cause of death.
Shrin Ebadi, an Iranian human rights lawyer and Nobel peace prize winner, has offered to represent the family of Neda Agha Soltan, the woman whose death was captured on that horrific video.
"I am personally prepared to legally represent her family against the people who ordered the shooting and those who fired at her. This act was against the law," she told al-Jazeera.
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Interior Minister says some 'foreign nationals' have been arrested in Tehran during protets. Some with British passports, #iranelection
The supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says he won't yield to pressure on the election, according to a Twitter flash from Reuters.
"I had insisted and will insist on implementing the law on the election issue ... Neither the establishment nor the nation will yield to pressure at any cost," Khamenei said in his first remarks since Obama's press conference.
Unrest in Iran: Incident Statistics and Map for Protests, Arrests, and Deaths@IranTracker
Iranian updates (keep refreshing page#44)
A placard with 75 names of arrested students in Iran Photograph: Saeed Kamali Dehghan
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. contacted Iran's ayatollah before election@WashingtonTimes+ more...
Protests in Iran capital 'halted'@BBC(with new video)
To the Bazaar, Comrades!
The torture of a 17-year-old in Iran - A teenager's story, with graphic photos, of abuse at the hands of Iran's religious paramilitaries, the Basij @Salon
Iranian updates (keep refreshing page#43)
More anomalies in voting data@5:38
List includes 240 detained, incl 29 detained then released, 102 political figures, 23 journalists, 79 university students & 7 faculty. #Iranabout 2 hours ago from web HERE
79 Iran revolution had no Net, cellfones, Twitter. What makes them think that cutting it will help regime now? #iranelection
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Support for democracy in Iran comes at a heavy price for four Iranian World Cup soccer players. They received a lifetime ban.The Guardian reported:
Their gesture attracted worldwide comment and drew the attention of football fans to Iran's political turmoil. Now the country's authorities have taken revenge by imposing life bans on players who sported green wristbands in a recent World Cup match in protest against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election.
According to the pro-government newspaper Iran, four players – Ali Karimi, 31, Mehdi Mahdavikia, 32, Hosein Ka'abi, 24 and Vahid Hashemian, 32 – have been "retired" from the sport after their gesture in last Wednesday's match against South Korea in Seoul.
The Arabs’ Forlorn Envy of Iranians
The End of the Beginning?
Obama mentions Neda at press conference.
"Above all, we have seen courageous women stand up to brutality and threats, and we have experienced the searing image of a woman bleeding to death on the streets. While this loss is raw and painful, we also know this: those who stand up for justice are always on the right side of history."
"Above all, we have seen courageous women stand up to brutality and threats, and we have experienced the searing image of a woman bleeding to death on the streets. While this loss is raw and painful, we also know this: those who stand up for justice are always on the right side of history."
Obama's speech
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Nico's question:"Under which conditions would you accept the election of Ahmadinejad, and if you do accept it without any significant changes in the conditions there, isn't that a betrayal of what the demonstrators there are working toward?"
Obama's rsponse:"Well look, we didn't have international observers on the ground, we can't say definitively what exactly happened at polling places throughout the country. What we know is that a sizeable percentage of the Iranian people themselves, spanning Iranian society, considered this election illegitimate. It's not an isolated instance, a little grumbling here or there. There [are] significant questions about the legitimacy of the election. And so ultimately, the most important thing for the Iranian government to consider is legitimacy in the eyes of its own people, not in the eyes of the United States. And that's why I've been very clear, ultimately this is up to the Iranian people to decide who their leadership is going to be and the structure of their government. What we can do is to say unequivocally that there are sets of international norms and principles about violence, about dealing with peaceful dissent, that spans cultures, spans borders, and what we've been seeing over the Internet and what we've been seeing in news reports, violates those norms and violates those principles. I think it is not too late for the Iranian government to recognize that there is a peaceful path that will lead to stability and legitimacy and prosperity for the Iranian people. We hope they take it."
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Another long day here in the 'Exile' compound down here in downtown 'teh-ran' and about to put away the brain for another night. Please follow what goes on at the links above/
Again thanx for following.
If you follow on all the links that I have posted today again there is some very interesting reading...
Finally a message to all the people following this blog in Iran:
Any pictures or words would be gratefully accepted here at Exile...
Monastreet @ gmail dot com
twitter/exilestreet
Later/
THE GUARDIAN
DAILY DISH
NIAC
THE LEDE
REVOLUTION ROAD
#gr88
#iraninternational
(@ twitter)
ANONYMOUS IRAN
ETC>
Another long day here in the 'Exile' compound down here in downtown 'teh-ran' and about to put away the brain for another night. Please follow what goes on at the links above/
Again thanx for following.
If you follow on all the links that I have posted today again there is some very interesting reading...
Finally a message to all the people following this blog in Iran:
Any pictures or words would be gratefully accepted here at Exile...
Monastreet @ gmail dot com
twitter/exilestreet
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Tuesday, 23 June 2009
Iranian updates (keep refreshing page#42)
Obama will condemn Iran abuses
On Tuesday morning, from 9am all of us all over Iran will make our way towards the markets (bazaar). If they try to block us the market will shut down, and if they don’t then we will create such a swarm that the market will still close down. If the telephones/mobiles are cut off from first thing in the morning business will be disrupted all over the country and markets will close, and with our movement towards the bazaar with the goal of closing it down we will gather others to walk with us.
Bring your children too and very calmly – without shouting slogans – without wearing green – we will look as though we are going shopping but we won’t buy anything and will think only of shutting down the market, and will not leave any traces of ourselves. We will not even show the victory sign with our hands… under no circumstances …
Khatami released a statement on Mousavi’s facebook page earlier today.
Think only of victory and bring children throughout all the cities in Iran without slogans, without slogans, without slogans, calmly, calmly, calmly without green, without conflict. If someone interferes, don’t engage in conflict because in appearance we are a crowd shopping, there’s nothing to fear and everyone will come – no clashes, no bloodshed, no slogans, no conflict. If they try and stop us we will return home easily because our goal is to shut the market down not protest. If they throw tear gas the market will be closed down, we are clever and we won’t engage in conflict and any conflict on the part of the security forces will cause chaos in the market and it will close, but we will not engage in conflict. We will calmly think of victory and the market will either close from our swarms or from a lack of activity. Either way we are the winners. Moosavi needs your support and needs your leadership to make sure that this goes ahead on time.Millions of informed and decent people who believe that their votes have been tampered with, and that their intellect has been insulted, and for the defence of their rights and dignity have in a spontaneous manner come into the streets to express their pain and sense of oppression. You (the regime) insult them, and have stolen thousands of them from the streets and from their homes and taken them to unknown places. You have attacked the students and to these people who call out God is Great or Ya Hossein – you attack them like Moghuls.
You dare to blame these attacks on the people themselves.
We strongly support Mr. Mousavi – especially against the accusations that all the unrest and damage is due to his actions. This damage is the responsibility of those who turned our city into a barracks. They should be identified, arrested and charged.
Senior clergy across the country have told us that they have been put under severe pressure (by the state) to stand up against the millions of people. Until now, they have resisted. We thank them.
For the return of people’s trust and confidence we ask for the formation of a committee of neutral people, experts, and those familiar with the law who can investigate and address the complaints made by the candidates in the elections. May they issue a fair judgment… and help return our country to harmony.
Statement released by the Organisation of Combatant Clergy, June 22 2009
Shirin Ebadi - Nobel Peace Laureat - calls for International Political sanctions against Iran Gov - #Iranelection RT RT RT
Iranian authorities scramble to negate Neda Soltan 'martyrdom' -HERE
"The Iranian authorities have ordered the family of a student shot dead in Tehran to take down mourning posters as they struggle to stop her becoming the rallying point for protests against the presidential election. "
RT f Iran: new reports coming in.. #iranelection
Is Iran DPI censorship story wrong?
’ll begin with the depressing: total anonymization of data traffic is incredibly challenging if you’re up against a dedicated and well-prepared foe. Fortunately, you’re up against a government, which suggests that there will almost certainly be gaps, holes, and errors in any content analysis system that you can use to your advantage. I don’t know what DPI appliances have been sold to Iran (it’s typically a challenge to get this sort of information from companies, even here in Canada), but there are typical modes of ‘resisting’ full content analysis.(1) Encrypt your data traffic using a TOR node, or something similar. Alternately, use https://proximize.me/ or some other proxy service that also encrypts traffic and you can browse with SSL encryption. DPI cannot penetrate packets that are encrypted - the content is secure when it passes through the devices. The devices *will* still be able to look at header information, but because you would be using a proxy service would not offer accurate destination/origin information to the device.
(2) Wherever possible, use communications systems that are designed to obfuscate what they are; examples of VoIP would be Skype, which attempts to ‘fake out’ heuristic analyses of data traffic. At the same time, I don’t know whether DPI engineers have caught up to the most recent ways that Skype initiates a call, which can indicate the program that is being used.
The challenge that you get into is that, should DPI be deployed effectively, even when it cannot identify the content of the message it can identify what application-type is likely in use (e.g. a web browser, P2P, etc). If you use a series of proxies, however, you will obfuscate the origin of packets (i.e. your location) as well as the destination that you are going to (e.g. hotmail.com, facebook, twitter, etc); this can limit your exposure to particularly obtrusive government surveillance and its effects.
Mass Arrests and Detentions Signal Increasing Repression
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