Just a couple of things: -- Any project which is not transparent about its funding or operations should never be trusted. I personally would classify paid software in this. VPN is a bit different, but these vary widely and there is not one paid service that I'd recommend. Setting up your own VPN for yourself only is a far better option.
-- Anything that says "Iran version is free and it works only if you are in Iran." should be viewed with skepticism. -- Tor currently works in Iran with either unblocked bridges or flashproxy. (flash proxy requires either the pluggable transports TBB or TBB beta 2.6+). -- You're right that more circumvention projects should open their source and make it free. The idea of advertising to censored people has always rubbed me the wrong way. These companies are basically making money off of desperate people =/ -- Some US-based organizations block Iran IPs due to a misunderstanding of UN export controls. ~Griffin
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