Hi, I wonder how you distinguish whether the users are political opponents or just ordinary people...
On 30 August 2011 17:41, Joe Galvin <josephtgal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm currently researching the use of the internet by the political > opposition in Iran for the years 2009 and 2010, and I'm hoping if you can > answer some questions. Well, one specific question. At the beginning of the > year the Iranian authorities began to become more sophisticated in their > attempts to block Tor, but recently usage appears to have resurged to > unprecedented levels according to Tor Metrics. > > Was there any particular reason for this? How were the users able to bypass > Iran's new censorship tech? And have you any idea why it's surged to such > levels in recent months? There is no specific political or social reason why > it should be higher now than ever before, so I'm curious to know why it has > grown. Was there a concerted effort by somebody or some group to spread the > software? 2011 falls outside my study, but it's interesting to see the > growth in usage, especially as it really is a dramatic surge - over 40,000 > users for August 2011 as about to a max of about 8,000 in August 2010. > > Cheers, > Joe > > _______________________________________________ > tor-talk mailing list > tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > > -- Arshad
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