It’s time for companies to act: US eases sanctions on export of tech to Iran

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Hm. Am I reading into this or is this article suggesting that we "help" the Iranian people avoid their governments censorship by setting up encryption and Tor nodes?

Are we to believe that folks in Iran trying to avoid the govt dont have these tools already?

And if they dont, do you want to be the person that shows someone how to setup encrypted communications over Iran's "Internet" and potentially put that persons life in danger?

I read it the same way. And it's about giving Iranians EASIER access to iPads, Android phones, MacBooks etc so they can gain more information about what is going on in the rest of the world. Given how important technology played in the Arab Spring uprisings it seems strange the US even put these sanctions in place to begin with.

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