@sepehran @ktn @Parisa Ich bezweifle dass @heiseonline dazu was liefern wird.

#Iran hat durchaus Erfahrungen mit "#ElektronischerKampfführung" wie @dw_innovation / #DWnews selbst erfahren hat und wegen #Satellitenverbot ist #Toosheh darauf optimiert nach Dekodierung per #Sneakernet verbreitet zu werden.

• Also wie in #Nordkorea, wo #AsiaPress #RimjinGang auf diese Weise Material rein- und raus schmuggelt...

https://www.youtube.com/@ASIAPRESSrimjingang/videos

They also do seek expert opinions on their findings.

#Journalism #RimjinGang #NorthKorea

@dw_innovation @WIRED granted, #VPNs have severe limitations when it comes to #privacy and #security.

• Most notably when your #VPN is close by to the authorities or your #hoster is known to snitch or shutdown services without a duely issued warrant...

For the most part, getting #Journalists setup with @tails_live / @tails / #Tails, maybe a custom/private @torproject / #TorBridge and at worst a private #SSHtunnel to circumvent "#GreatFirewall|s" is the way to go.

• And in extreme cases like #NorthKorea, it's propably better to setup a #SneakerNet like #RimjinGang did...

@delta also #deltaChat natively supports #Proxies, #VPN|s and @torproject / #Tor so not only can people use it that way but also use any other bypass method.

• Obviously, the classic #Sneakernet with people doing uucp with foreign mobile networks near borders works just as well...

I'd not be surprised if delta Chat is also used by #RimjinGang* and #38North** for a "contactless sneakernet" tho I am convinced they won't confirm or deny that for #OpSec, #InfoSec & #ComSec reasons alone...

• I mean, both #Iran and #NorthKorea ain't #Iraq and #Syria where one could just take a phat satellite dish, strap an LTE stick or even external antennas on and just point it at turkish or lebanese radio towers near the border, as owning any satellite equipment in these places is a guarantee to get publicly executed for "espionage"...