I'm a little surprised Whatsapp even works (worked) in Iran, given the US sanctions against the country.
A couple of takeaways. First, holy shit. Communications software is powerful enough to put fear in the hearts of political rulers! Second, insofar as sanctions are designed as punitive measures against a government who's actions our government doesn't support, it makes no sense to restrict their access to goods and services their government finds disruptive. In fact, we'd probably want to give them extra.
Well, yes, is this a surprise? Did you miss the "Arab Spring?" Or the Rohingya massacres?
It's a double-edged sword. It can give you a revolution whether you need it or not or whether it's justified or not.
Eventually we will find a new equilibrium, but right now we're in choppy waters.
Of course it is. No government wants people to get falseful information from unapproved sources.
Yes. Encryption software can also defeat courts, judges, governments, militaries.
GitHub has: https://github.blog/2021-01-05-advancing-developer-freedom-g...