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If there are Jordanians reading this, could you spend some time testing out Lahana[1] - both nodes and clients and see whether or not that helps?

[1] - http://lahana.dreamcats.org/




I'm sure you mean well, but dogfooding crypto software in this sort of situation seems like a bad idea.


You're right in that I do mean well and I think you have a very valid point about dogfooding crypto. I'm aware of (and have tried to point out) the limitations of the crypto in Lahana but others might not read it and I think I jumped the gun in that respect. Thanks for making me think twice about it, I appreciate it.

To Jordanians - I would ask that you try it out, but only on things that wouldn't get you into trouble - i.e. things that are blocked but perhaps not contentious. I accept that if Lahana and it's wider goals are successful that maybe people will suffer for using it but I built this with the goal of helping people in mind, not hurting them.


I'd probably recommend just going with Tor for now. I know you're trying to help but accidentally identifying a Tor user, even indirectly could be fatal in these circumstances.


I found http://psiphon.ca/ to work pretty well when I was in the Middle East.




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