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<span>G</span>rowing up in Iran, where state surveillance is widespread, it’s hard not to be cognizant of digital privacy. Though not unique to Iran, bloggers, journalists, and average citizens face the threat of arrest for what they write or share online. The Iranian state censors most social media platforms and the website to international news agencies–requiring people to use some form of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server" target="_blank">Proxy server</a> or a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network" target="_blank">virtual private network</a> (VPN) to get around internet censorship. As a result, digital privacy and internet freedom are topics I’ve been exploring for over a decade.