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traceroute66today at 2:35 PM2 repliesview on HN

Looking at it from an alternative angle, the Iranians are not stupid.

They know leaving the internet online would be beneficial for their adversaries, perhaps especially as Israel is one of them, and Israel's use of cyber is no secret.

So by killing the internet, they have an instant air-gap firewall.

Making the most of the levers they have fighting asymmetric warfare.


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payambtoday at 3:37 PM

It’s proven time and time again that Mossad always find a way to infiltrate into even most secure Iranian network. This is mostly done to control the narrative and keep the pro regime supporters morale up.

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jncfhnbtoday at 2:54 PM

It’s very economically harmful to be disconnected. That’s the downside

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