A new app helps Iranians hide messages in plain sight

A new app helps Iranians hide messages in plain sight

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https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/09/a-new-app-helps-iranians-hide-messages-in-plain-sight/

Amid ever-increasing government Internet control, surveillance, and censorship in Iran, a new Android app aims to give Iranians a way to speak freely.

Nahoft, which means “hidden” in Farsi, is an encryption tool that turns up to 1,000 characters of Farsi text into a jumble of random words. You can send this mélange to a friend over any communication platform—Telegram, WhatsApp, Google Chat, etc.—and then they run it through Nahoft on their device to decipher what you’ve said.