"Toosheh" which provides prohibited Internet via USB memory via satellite broadcasting

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In Iran, government-initiated restrictions are set on the Internet, and as with China, it is in a state where you can not connect to overseas news media or website. Internet facilities are also inadequate, line speed is very slow, Iranian citizens are compelled to be free to obtain information from the Internet. Satellite TV facilities that broadcast national broadcasts and the like instead of the Internet are popular, but attempts are being made to obtain information on the Internet prohibited using satellite broadcasting waves.

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It is an organization composed of eight Iranian and American activists called "Net Freedom Pioneers" (Internet free pioneers) who are actively engaged in bringing the Internet to Iran whose information is strictly regulated . Net Freedom Pioneers based in Los Angeles is a free software that can acquire information from the Internet via satellite in March 2016 "Toosheh"Has been released.

You can see the movies that explain how to use Toosheh from the following.

Toosheh - YouTube


First, select the Toosheh channel using the TV's remote control.


Next, connect USB memory for recording to satellite broadcast set-top box (STB).


Information of 1 GB will be written over 60 minutes.


When recording is completed, connect the USB memory to the PC.


When you open the USB memory, you will find the PDF of the article on the news site that is restricted by the Iranian government, the MPEG file of the YouTube movie, and so on. Although Toosheh does not enable the Internet connection in real time, it can enjoy content restricted offline without being noticed by the Iranian government.


Although there is the Internet in Iran, "anti-Islam" and the connection to the website certified by the government is restricted. Also, some overseas websites such as TED are not restricted access, so you can see if there is internet environment, but the speed is very slow due to lack of infrastructure equipment, movies can not play properly That is the current situation of Iran's Internet environment.

VPN·Tor·PsiphonIf you use tools like Iran, you can avoid monitoring the government, but the Iranian government is also focusing on the restrictions of these tools, so it will be a mess. Meanwhile, in Iran, the penetration rate of satellite broadcasting has exceeded 70%, even in a small village, there is one satellite antenna and STB at home. Satellite broadcasting can only view national channels, but Toosheh uses a satellite from Yahsat, a company in the United Arab Emirates that the Iranian government can not interfere with, so that Internet content can be obtained without worrying about government restrictions It is that.

Toosheh's software has been downloaded more than 56,000 times since it was released, and it is gaining popularity in Iran. AlreadyToosheh's websiteIs restricted by the Iranian government, but if you can access Toosheh with a proxy tool such as Tor, you can get a free downloader. The contents sent from the satellite are carefully selected by Net Freedom Pioneers, and it seems that contents such as entertainment, education and human rights are combined unbiasedly. The contents of the contents are referring also from the feedback sent from e-mail and Twitter through the proxy.


Attempts are also being made to distribute new government censor avoidance tools such as Psiphon · Lantern through satellite signals. The idea of ​​accessing information outside of Iran through satellite broadcasting is Yahyanejad, the founder of Net Freedom Pioneers, in the 1990s when he was a teenager and had a very long month to come true It passes through. Mr. Yahyanejad began to make a concrete plan at Stanford University in the researcher's era after completing his doctoral course, and nearly ten years have passed since the USB port was installed in the STB.

Since STBs with USB ports in each home began to spread, Yahyanejad formed a team of developers in 2012 and actually gathers dataMPEG-2 TSIt seems they realized a method of compressing to format. Yahyanejad said, "We have built software from scratch, as far as I can tell, no one has accomplished the same thing."