Anonymous Iran

Unregistered

A friend mentioned it. I twittered it. The Resonance was good. I don't have enough knowledge to determine if it works.

Please Discuss:

Is WoW a safe & anonymous tool to communicate with & about Iran?
IPlease explain risks or confirm this. And Spead the result.


Back up from Experts is needed.

Unregistered

I belelive that it's already been blocked in iran it's self.

Geraldanthro

It would work.
And provide cover.

Somebody that games check it out.
Send private msg, back and forth.
etc.

And report.

Gerald

Unregistered

It would absolutely work. Someone said the game has already been banned, wouldn't surprise me. It would probably work in other gaming formats too where it's simply FAR too much work (if even possible) to go through all the other data being exchanged to get at the chat.

There's plenty of MMOs in the sea, many with free trials or free basic service.

Anarchy Online. EVE Online...just googled this list of MMOs, includes free ones and information: Free MMORPG Lair - Huge List of Free MMORPGs

Good luck

-Tarot

Unregistered

Wow is anything but anonymous; you need an account. Getting your account requires a valid credit card number.

Unregistered

MMO's are not going to be anon, but the question is what will be exposed to an interested party.

US Gov can see pretty much everything, but they wont be sharing any of that info with the Iranian govt.

Packets you send to/from your computer to/from whatever gaming server you are connected to will likely not be secure, or possibly use minimal protection for anti-cheating measures. I would not count on information sent this way to be secure.

Additionally, there would be billing information somewhere that could tie you to the account. While companies like Blizzard are unlikely to share, the fact that it exists would be troublesome.

It seems like there are better ways to communicate available that leave you less exposed.

Unregistered

Are you willing to BET YOUR LIFE on that? Worse, you are betting other peoples lives on that advise.

Get it straight, someone makes a mistake, they die! Maybe not today or tomorrow. Maybe they'll be lucky and it's a bullet in the head. If they aren't... you don't even want to think about it.

Don't shoot your mouth off about things you don't understand. Your statement proves you have no grasp of even the elementary concepts of ELINT. At least read 2600.

Unregistered

notion stay away from second life, nasty things have been done with packet sniffing and packet injection in the past. stay clear even if it's free and requires no payment info.

Unregistered

Just a suggestion:

If a one time pad exchanged, either personally or through RSA, then this wouldn't be a bad method. It depends on how deep any analysis on it - they might know that a message is being sent and who is sending it, but at least they can't know what it is. Its a risk, although some "free" mmos might not need a valid credit card to get a trial. Pidgin with Tor is proably better.

TheONE

The stakes are too high, lives are possibly on the line. Pass on this and stick with proven secure methods.

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