Just 5 months after promising internet freedom, the Iran Government has banned yet another web application. The new victim to Iran’s internet policy is Cryptocat, a tool that allowed secure and encrypted chat.
Cryptocat is available as an app for Mac and as plugins for Firefox and Chrome. The app is well known for bringing encrypted communications to the masses. The tool has been used by many activists and journalists throughout the world for private conversations. The app had been blocked in Iran since November 18, 2013.
The Iranian Government has the technological capabilities which they used to redirect any user, who was trying to access Cryptocat, to another site with the message from the government.
The strange thing is that other such apps have still not been banned in Iran and are functional. Possible explanation is that Cryptocat was used by the political groups that Iran government was targeting.
However, Tor browser came to the comfort of the people, allowing them to access Cryptocat using a hidden address catmeow2zuqpkpyw.onion.
via SocialAppsHQ Blog http://www.socialappshq.com/blog/2013/11/22/iran-blocks-internet-freedom/
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