تشدید جنگ جمهوری اسلامی با اینترنت؛ واتس‌اپ امکان ارتباط با فیلترشکن را فراهم کرد

یک سخنگوی واتس‌اپ درباره امکان جدید ارتباط از طریق پروکسی به بی‌بی‌سی فارسی گفته که «استفاده از وی‌پی‌ان در ایران گسترده بوده و به کاربران کمک کرده، اما حکومت برای بستن آنها هم تلاش می‌کند و علاوه بر این استفاده از آنها نیازمند دانلود یک اپ جدید است، که شاید برخی مایل یا قادر به آن نباشند.»

سخنگوی واتس‌اپ افزوده که «وقتی وصل شدن به واتس‌اپ، چه بطور مستقیم و چه به واسطه وی‌پی‌ان ممکن است، این قابلیت جدید به کاربران گزینه‌ای می‌دهد که از داخل خود اپ و به واسطه یک سرور پروکسی وصل شوند.»

«رمزنگاری دوطرفه» یکی از مهمترین امکانات واتس‌اپ است که به ویژه برای امنیت شهروندان در ایران موضوع مهمی به شمار می‌رود. سخنگوی واتس‌اپ در این رابطه به بی‌بی‌سی فارسی گفت که این رمزنگاری دوطرفه پیام‌ها قابل رصد نیست و هنگام استفاده از پروکسی هم این ویژگی برقرار است و هیچکس به غیر از فرستنده و گیرنده پیام نمی‌تواند محتوای آن را ببیند، چه سرورهای پروکسی و چه حتی خود واتس‌اپ و متا.

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Since the beginning of the national revolution and in the last four months, internet filtering and disconnection has become one of the important means of suppressing the citizens of Iran by the Islamic Republic.
The latest statistics presented show that the sales of big known online businesses decreased by nearly 30% or more during this period. This amount reaches 70 to 80 percent in small and medium businesses.
Due to the disruption and disconnection of the Internet in the fall of 1401, 33% of the workforce fired this season worked in the field of information technology.
The head of the Union of Communication Telecommunications Devices has announced that 800 Starlink satellite internet terminals have entered the country so far.
The WhatsApp messaging network, which is one of the most popular and widely used Internet calling applications in Iran, has announced that the possibility of communication through a proxy has been provided for this application.

Since the beginning of the national revolution and in the last four months, internet filtering and disconnection has become one of the important means of suppressing the citizens of Iran by the Islamic Republic. Although many years ago, especially in the government of Hassan Rouhani, many efforts were made to launch the domestic internet under the name of “National Internet”, but the lack of infrastructure has caused extensive losses to internet businesses. On the other hand, a number of companies that have foreign connections have also had their activities completely disrupted due to the widespread disruption of the Internet.

The amount of damage caused to businesses related to the Internet and active in the field of e-commerce is not precisely known, but the latest statistics show that the sales of large well-known online businesses decreased by nearly 30% or more during this period. This amount reaches 70 to 80 percent in small and medium businesses.

Also, the result of a new research conducted jointly by “Job Vision” company, which is Iran’s largest job search and recruitment company, and “Pyoust” monthly shows the widespread wave of dismissal of employees in Internet businesses and Internet-related activities.

This research shows that due to the disruption and disconnection of the Internet in the fall of 1401, 33% of the workforce fired in this season worked in the field of information technology.

The results of this research show that out of every three people fired in the last three months, one person was working in the field of information technology and 33% of the unemployed were working in this field. Also, among these job groups, graphic designers, animation design and motion graphics have the largest share of dismissals with their 40% share of this statistic.

On the other hand, women working in this field have lost their jobs or are at risk of unemployment more than men. Based on this, in the last three months, 29% of women active in this field by participating in “Jobvision” and “Pyoust” surveys said that they were fired, and 18% considered themselves to be fired.

This statistic is slightly different for men working in this field, and it seems that internet restrictions have damaged the jobs of 44% of men in the IT field, and 22% of them face dismissal and 22% face job loss.

The information obtained from this survey shows that employees and experts have been fired more than other groups due to Internet disruption, and 2.4 times more dismissals have been reported at employee levels than at senior management levels.

Also, only 17% of those who have lost their jobs have declared that they will look for work in their current job field. 17% said that they will change their job field and 66% of them said that they don’t want to look for a job at the moment.

The large-scale dismissal of specialized and active workforce in the field of e-commerce and IT is only one of the dimensions of financial and psychological losses to the society.

In such a situation, filter breakers face a lot of problems. Most of the citizens have to constantly install new filter breakers by paying a fee.

The effort to access the free internet continues and the use of Starlink satellite internet may cause problems in the Islamic Republic of Iran’s filtering program in the near future.

Mehdi Mohebi, the head of the Union of Communication Telecommunications Devices, announced on Sunday, January 11, quoting “an official” that he did not name, that 800 Starlink satellite internet terminals have entered the country so far. Three days before that, the “Wall Street Journal” had reported that since the beginning of nationwide protests in Iran, about 200 Starlink Internet satellite communication terminals have been smuggled into Iran.

Elon Musk, the owner of SpaceX company, confirmed the activation of about 100 Starlink satellite internet devices in Iran two weeks ago.

According to the “Economy 24” website, Starlink satellite internet is a big project of SpaceX company, which started at the end of 2020 with a huge investment of 885 million dollars (about 36 billion Tomans) and has made great progress in the last two years. Now more than 2 thousand Starlink satellites are active and Elon Musk announced in an interview that in the future Starlink Internet will be available in all parts of the world except the North and South Poles and even for passengers of passenger planes.

In the meantime, the messaging network WhatsApp, which is one of the most popular and widely used internet communication applications in Iran, announced on Thursday, December 15, 1401, equivalent to January 5, 2022, that the possibility of communication through a proxy has been provided for this application, and as a result, citizens in Iran can more easily Use this application in advance.

A WhatsApp spokesperson told BBC Farsi about the new possibility of communicating through a proxy that “the use of VPNs in Iran is widespread and has helped users, but the government is also trying to block them, and in addition, using them requires downloading a new app.” , which some may not be willing or able to do.

A WhatsApp spokesperson added that “when it is possible to connect to WhatsApp, either directly or through a VPN, this new feature gives users the option to connect from within the app itself and through a proxy server.”

“Two-way encryption” is one of the most important features of WhatsApp, which is especially important for the security of citizens in Iran. In this regard, the spokesperson of WhatsApp told BBC Farsi that this two-way encryption of messages cannot be monitored, and this feature is also available when using a proxy, and no one except the sender and receiver of the message can see its content, whether it is the proxy servers or even WhatsApp itself. and meta.