The lights have gone out.
As we write this, millions of people in Iran are offline. Not because of a technical failure, and not because of a storm. They are offline because their government decided that silence is safer than truth.
It is disappointing and terrifying that in 2026, we still allow regimes to wield this kind of absolute power. We talk about the “future of tech” and “AI”, but we often ignore the fact that the fundamental infrastructure of the internet is being weaponized against the very people it was meant to connect.
The “Kill Switch” is not just their problem.
It is easy to look at Iran and say, “Well, that happens over there.” But that is a dangerous lie.
The infrastructure that allows a government to throttle bandwidth, block social media, and cut off external traffic exists everywhere. We see shades of this censorship in “free” Western countries too, under the guise of security, copyright, or “child protection.”
When we allow a government, any government, to have a Kill Switch, we accept that access to information is a privilege, not a right. Serendipiware stands against that. We believe access to the global network is a fundamental human right.
Why we run relays (and why you should too).
We cannot stop a regime from pulling the plug on the fiber optic cables. But we can stop them from blocking the bridges that remain.
This is why Serendipiware runs a Tor Middle Relay. But right now, what the people in Iran need are Bridges.
When the main gateways to the Tor network are blocked by state firewalls, users need “secret” entrances. These are called Snowflakes.
How you can help
You don’t need a server to fight censorship. You just need a browser. You can turn your laptop into a lifeline for someone in a blackout zone.
- Install the Tor Snowflake extension.
- Toggle it on.
Your browser becomes a temporary bridge. A student in Tehran can use your connection to bypass the censorship wall and tell the world what is happening.
The internet was built to interpret censorship as damage and route around it.