<div dir="ltr"><div>I'd probably avoid emailing them for the moment. <br><br>I'm less sure you'll get them in trouble, and more worried that whatever you email may be outdated by the time it arrives - wait til there's more clarity, and then raise comms by asking how they're doing (which is a very neutral question and should be answerable easily even if they're worried about interception).</div><div><br></div><div>I hope your friends come through this fine.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 at 21:22, Patrice Riemens <<a href="mailto:patrice@puscii.nl">patrice@puscii.nl</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
Hi All,<br>
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As far as I can judge from here (Rural SW France ;-), it's going to be a tough job to contact yr friends in teheran in the present circumstances. Won't surely work over gmail. The Guardian had a good explainer on how the blackout works - it appears to be very precise and even Musk's Starling is, at least partially blocked - using Russian technology form the war in Ukraine. yet some messgs seem to filter thru. I'd think a relay of friends of friends who know a friend who manages to ... etc. Pb is that you need to have contact with yr friends to be able to cantact the friend of a friend who etc ... Not easy, but you might have luck, or tough luck if yr queries fall in the wrong hands. <br>
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Now pray the ugly theocracy falls sooner rater than later. It will.<br>
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From: "brentc" <<a href="mailto:brentc@riseup.net" target="_blank">brentc@riseup.net</a>><br>
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Sent: Tuesday, 13 January, 2026 22:01:35<br>
Subject: [HacktionLab] Emailing under internet blackout<br>
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A question came up about emailing to Iran: "I have some contacts in <br>
Tehran who are anti-authoritarian educators I was supposed to be <br>
recording a presentation for them to show at their seminar series (I've <br>
done this for them before) - next week. I'm not sure what to do now, I'm <br>
assuming if I email them [they on gmail] I won't get through. Big/stupid <br>
ask - Does anyone tecchy know how an internet blackout is likely to <br>
work? I.e. I'm not sure whether to email my contact, could it be <br>
intercepted and get him in trouble?"<br>
<br>
I didn't have conclusive answers. Any thoughts? I don't know exactly how <br>
sensitive the comms are and I gather encrypted comms hasn't been set up.<br>
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